The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-08-14


1t is said that the Democratic mass meet
ing in Reading, Pa, on the 18th ultimo
beat any ofthe great Harrison demon
'trations in 1910, and it has awakened
in the Democratic ranks which
will cause them to sweep the state ire
sistibly.
The long contemplated monum ent in
Of Hon. David G. Broderick once
United States Senator from California,
who was killed in duel with the noto.
rious Judge Terry, several years ago, is
now completed and will be erected, sur
by fine bust, in Lone Noun
tain Cemetry, San Francisco. 1t cost S17,-
900.
AT Halifax, England, Ephraim Smith,
a carpet weaver, killed two of his daugh-
ters, aged five and ten years; the one by
suffocation, and the other by cutting her
throat, and afterwards committed suicide.
The United States Consul at Antwerp
reports that cholera of malignant type
is raging there, and that from sixty to
seventy-fve deaths per day are occur
ring.
Three guerrillas were captured and
Immediately hung, on Friday last, near
Little Rock, Ark, by Regulators. An
examination of the bodies after death
disclosed the fact that one was woman,
dressed in mans clothing. She is believ-
ed to have been the wife of one of the
other guerrillas. The woman was de-
Gently inferred, while the others were
buried hastily in shallow hole.
A man in Maine recently lost wallet
containing $4,000. To the person who
found and returned it to him he offered
the extraordinary sum of5O cents.
Considerable feeling is manifested
among the sailors of the navy, and has
crept out in dispatches to the Navy De-
partment, at the omission by Congress
Of recognition of the services Of that
important arm in the late war The boun.
ty bill appropriating an additional boun-
ty of 800 to soldiers makes no mention
of the sailors, nor are they any where
mentioned or rewarded for their equally
meritorious service.
The johnson Convention of Connect
icut, Senator Dixon presiding, met Au
gust l, and elected thirty mine delegates
~ 4bo Naf;opa1 nopuantio,
Hobson, who has just been SO badly
beaten in Kentucky by the Democrats
voted with the Radicals at the last Con
gress:onal election, and was once a mem
Der of the Radical State Central Commite,
of Kentucky. Forney's Press and tn,
New York. Tribune supported him.
The heaviest income payer in In
diana is w. G. De Paw, of New Albany
who pays this year on an income of $219,
600. Right comfortable little sum, that
Indian Commissioners just arrived from
the Upper Missourireport the treaty will
the Indians on the Upper Missouri rive
as being successful. Important lant
grants at the junction of the Yellow Ston
and Missouri rivers, and the right of wa,
for the northern Pacific railroad have beef
ceded by the Indians to the Government
It is thought there will be $4,000 peo
pie at the great Union Convention at Phil
adelphia on the 14th of August.
In England and ireland the weathe
is remarkably fine and the crop prospect
excellent. A few weeks more of goot
weather will secure more than averag
harvest.
Mrs. Calhoun, the widow of John c
Calhoun, died at Pendleton, S. c., on til
25th ultimo.
The Tribune's Leavenworth specia
says the Indians on the borders of Kan
sas are on the war path, robbing an,
outraging the settlers in the most horribl
manner. Troops have been. sent to tn
protection Of the settlers.
By the last mails from Europe we lear
something authentic respecting the losse
incurred by both h'sides in the great battl
of Sadowa, between the Prussians an,
Austrians. The Prusians lost in killel
and wounded upward of Is, 600 men, will
an immense propotion of officers. Th
Austrians lost 25, 900 in killed and woun
ded, and an equal number Of prisoners il
the battle and subsequent retreat. Th
total Austrian loss amounted, therefore
to 30, 900 men and $50 guns, besides thou
sands of baggage wagons. Ten or twe.v,
thousand Prussian soldiers fell from th
ranks in consequence of fatigue and sick
ness, and were sent to the hospital for re
cuperation. p
A reform meeting, 10000 strong, wa,
held in London, on July 80. Resolution
were adopted declaring want of faith il
the Government. 1t is believed th
Derby Cabinet will have to resign.
1t is estimated that the wool crop o
Ohio, this year, will reach 100000,
pounds.
The last descendant of Martin Luthe
has Just died at Mariahilf. Her nam
was Catharine Luther. She was Catho
lie, and SO was her father. Mariahilf i
well known for celebrated pilgrimage il
honor of the Virgin Mary, which take
place there every year.
Order has been restored in Now Or
leans, the civil and military authoritie
acting in concert. Over 80 Of the mem
bers and friends of the Convention are re
ported to have been killed in the riot
The members of the Convention hay
been indicted by the Grand Jury.
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