The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-06-26
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tally administering morphine to them
instead Of calomel. The youngest, aged
four years, died the afternoon of the next
day. The other will %propably recover.
Cincinnati is said to be in a much
cleaner condition than New York.
James E. Harvey, U. S. Minister to
Portugal, an appointee of President Lin
coin, in a letter written the 24th of March,
says: Il wonld pledge my life on the
if the test should be fairly made,
that almost nine per cent. of the whole
black population would vote on the side
Of their old masters" ..a.a,
A negro Sunday school procession
marched through Washington, last week,
headed by their white teachers with ban
ners flying, with the following inscrip-
ton on them, viz: "We are John Browns
pet lambs"
There are one hundred and thirty five
lawyers.in the second ward, Cincinnati.
The barns in Shenandoah Valley have
been mostly rebuilt, Notwithstanding the
poverty Of the farmers, and are ready for
the new crops. =
A correspondentfrom Louisiana writes
that a great many water privileges adver
tised in that region, are not worth a
dam.
2 General Barry has been appointed by
General Meade to the command ofthe
whole frontier from Fort Erie to Platts-
burg. ~
We learn from the Noble County eus,
that Mrs. Herron's four children, at
one birth, are all dead Previous to
their burial a photograph was taken OF
them, as they laid side by side in one
coffin. The four weighed twelve pounds
One hundred and fifty dollars has been
raised to erect a monument over their
grave.
Last week Mrs. Mary Mosely, twenty
two Or twenty-three years old, a spirit.
ualist, for no other alleged cause then
that she was tired of life, committed sui.
eide, at Rochester, NY. a7oB ara
Late advices from San francisco state
that the indications in California are ex.
%cellent for a heavy crop Of grain, the late
rains having done no damage.
The Austrians we're concentrating a
Altoona. This is regarded as the virtua,
commencement of the war.
The Prussian troops entered Holster
on the 9TH.
Three prominent Republicans are nam
ed as willingto become Jeff. Davis bonds
men in the sum of $50, goo each. They
are Greeley, Stahl and Vanderbilt.
From the Report Of the Commission
ers of tie Sinking Fund of the State o.
Ohio we learn that the outstanding in.
debtedness of the State on the 18th OF
May was $12,511,197.01.
The Jonesboro (Tenn.) Flag of the 1si
says: 1t is a singular thing to behold the
mountains around Jonesboro wrapped il
a mantle of snow in June, and yet'tis so
For the past week the weather has beer
singing cold, with several heavy frosts
materially ipjuring vegetation.
Colonel O'Neill, the Fenian, is only
twenty-five years of age.
More deaths from the cholera are re.
ported in New York. The general i'm
preston is that there will be many cases
oft before the spmmeris out.
David Adams, of Bloom township,
Wood county, and a son eighteen or nine.
teen years of age, both hung themselves
last week, because they had been indict-
ed by the Court of common Pleas for as,
sault and battery upon a naighbor.
The Radicals intend to carry on the
Government without the aid of President
Johnson.
A Mrs. Lewis, living near Manchester,
Ind, one night last week, in a fit of in
sanity, jumped into a neighbours well and
was found dead;nex morning. /
The imp orts of general merchandise
for the past week are very heavy, being
over seven millions, the imports of tea
sugar and coffee alone being over foul
millions. The imports Of dry goods, also
are about double those for the CORES
ponding week Of last year. The totaI
imports ofthe week amount to $685..
745.
The wheat crop in Northern Georgia
which has commenced, is good.
Frederick Stanley, an eight year old
boy, was killed at Wheeling last week by
a pile Of wet heavy boards falling upon
him.
Last week the large agricultural manu-
featuring establishment ofMessrs. Swarts
& Sons, in MartinsvilIe, Belmont cuunty,
was destroyed by fire. Loss about $780,
600. No insurance.
About 5000 a month enlist in the
Regular army,
The health of Mr.. Davis is said to have
greatly improved since he was allowed
to take exercise.
There appears to be some uneasiness in
New York over the increase of cholera in
that city.
In Canada every thing is quiet, and
the Government is preparing to recall the
volunteers. 1t is believed that the Uni-
ted States Government will take care of
the Fenians on this side of the frontier,
1t is also stated that the authorities will
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