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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-10-02
A Perfect Antidote for all POisOng.
A plain farmer snvs =

A plain farmer says
:, at is now over twenty years since learned
that sweet oil would cure the bite of a rattle.
snake, not knowing it would cure other kinds
OF poison. Practice, observation and experiu
ence have taught me that it will cure poison
OF any kind, both ON man, and beast, Think
no man should be without a bottle of il in his
house. The patient must take a spoonfulofit It
Internally, and bathe wound for a cure. To
cure horse it requires eight times as much
as 1t does a man. Eleven years ago this sum
mer, heard Of snake bite, where tho case
had been thirty days standing, and the pa
tIcnt had been given up by his physicia1s
carried the oil and gave him one spoonful.
which effected cure. It is an antidote for
cattle by eating too freely of fresh clover !: Il
will cure tho sting Of bees, spiders, or other
insects and will cure poisous Of low running
vine called IVY" -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-10-02
WIZ. KNABE 6 CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
FIRST PREMIUM GOLD MEDAL
GRAND, SQUARE AND uPRIGHr

=
SRAND, BRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
75a:7EE e. ND
= ing been before The public
~ sse past years, upon their excellence
Ssssssss u sass atta4ned an GNPuRGEASED PRE-EAiI-
s = = tina them uncqualed. Their
TONE
great PoweT richness sweet1ess and
sss,s aud d. &hsrnloniousnsss throughout the entire
TO " CT
4 pliant aud elastic and entirely free from the
f0un in inany pianos, which causes the
pertotnlet 70 50 easily tire. In
w o r X NJ "A N.SHIP
hey nnot be exceIIed. Theiracti0nis Construct
ed with care attention to every part therein
tnkt eharacterizes the finest echanisni. None but
sse best seasoned material is used inthcir manu-
Iaetnre aud they will accept the hard usage Of the
with that of the pariOr upon equal.
1ty-unafected in their melody; in fact they are
constructed
stNor FOR YEAR-BUT FOREVER"
All our Square Pianos have our new Improved
Grand S:ale and Agraffe Treble.
CO. All nPIANoS guaranteed for FIVE YEARS.
No. 500 West Baltimore street,
January I6 lS66-Iv
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-10-02
How 10 CURE 4 HUsDAsD.-A wo

How TO CURE a HUsBAND.-A woman,
whom her husband used frequently to sCoId,
went to cunning man to inquire how she
might cure him Of his barbarity. The sa-
gacious soothsayer heard her complaint, and
after pFououncing some hard words, and usfine,
various gesticulations, while he filed phiai
with cOlored liquid, desired her whenever her
husband was in passion to take mouthful
of the liquor and keep in her mouth for Eve
minutes The woman, quite oyerjoyed at so
simple remedy, strictly followed the coun-
sci given her, and by her silence escaped the
usual annoyance. The contents Of the bottle
being at last expended, she returned to the
cunning man and aDxiOusly begged to have
another possessed of the same virtue.--
:: .:DaHghtef, 2 said the man, athere wasnoth-
ing IN tho bottle but brown sugar and water.
When your husband IS in . passion hold youp
tongue, and my life on il be viii mot scold
you in the future.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-10-02

"A tipid gentleman some days 100 met
one of our bluff. ,burIy dOctOrs, who Is more
noted for the force than the polish Of his
sued:
Doctor, what shall + take for the choI-
The cholera Have Jon got the efol-
Mo-
sWell, take tho cholera first,
Ehe gentleman, not having taken Tie first
prescription, has not inquired for 4 second.
he praifie chickens are more al,,,aeI.ns.
N Illinois than they have been for years.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-10-02

- The recent rains in the vicinity of
Cleveland, Ohio, have greatly damagnd tie
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-10-02

~ nIticcut Stock of
NEW SPRING DRY GOODS,
Foreign and Domestic. We keep in ali our incr-
cnt departments full stock, such as DRESS
GOODS ofai the lates designs, full assortment of
variety of Fancy Dress silks of the latest inporta-
tons Gloves, ,llandkcrchefs, Emhrundcrics, Cloths,
CassinerCs all kinds of Domestic Goods etc
Our secOnd story is fitted up for Mantilla,
Cloak, Shaw and Hoop Skirt room, where all the
goods VIC arc selling CHI ap for Cash.
STEPHEN L. BIRD & co,
February I3, lS66-Iy
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-10-02

EW It is wrong to owe the printer.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-07-10
FOOm Galveston, Texas--ImpOrt-
ant News From MexfcO--Right
Bank OF the Rio Grande i'm Pos
session of the Republican Forces

GALVESTON, July Flakes Bulletin
extra, Sunday evening July |, has dis
patches received at headquarters Of Gen.
H. &. Wright, of Galveston, from Gen.
George w. Getty commanding at Browns
vile, dated June "a, Pm. containing the
following important news: TIE rightbank
of the Rio Grande is now in possession
of the Republican forces of the Govern
ment Of Mexico.
The battle between Escobedo and Me-
jia on the 18th, near Camargo resulted in
the total route Of the latter, and capture
of the train Of merchandise.
Bagdad was abandoned by the Imperi-:
alists on the night Of the 18th.
The city of Matamoras capitulated on
the 23d to commissioners appointed by
Gen. Carvajal. Gen. Mejia, with Impe-
rial troops, embarking between the hours
three and four o'clock in the afternoon
under the protection of the United States
flag. The most liberal terms were gran
ted the Imperialists.
The city was given up without blood
she'd, pillage or plunder, and is now under
command of Gen. Jose de la Garcia. No
violation of the neutrality laws had taken
place.
Escobedo with his forces, said to mum !,
Der 5000, entered Matamoras about one
o'clock, June "a.
A train, said to contain specie, from
Monterey, arrived there recently under
the protection of an Imperial escort. The
train started back to Monterey under es-l
cort.
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foul deed. The description suited Will
liam Sanders, who was present in the
crowd, but who did not enter the house
or look upon the mangled victims. He
soon afterward withdrew and disappeared,
and this more fully satisfied the people of
his guilt.
The Coroner was sent for, an inquest
held upon the bodies, and the testimony
given so clearly implicated Sanders that
the jury returned verdict that Wood
ward, his wife and sister came to their
death at the hands of William Sanders,
and that he was guilty of murder in the
first degree. A vigorous search was at
once made for the murderer, and on
Wednesday he was captured in thicket
not far from the place where he commit
ted the crime.
He demanded a preliminary examina-
ton, and took change of venue to an
adjoining township. The evidence against
him was so direct that bail was refused,
and he was sent to Paoli and lodged in
jail to await his trial in the Circuit Court
of Orange County for murder in the first
| degree.
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sG-Some idea of an English Dukes
estate may be had when we state that the
country establishment of the Duke Of
Deyonshire would occupy one of our
large counties. The park Immediately
surrounding the palace contains 5000
acres. The principal garden for vegeta-
bless, fruits, greenhouses. etc., is 25
acres. There are thirty greenhouses,
each from so to IS feet long. Three or
four of these contain nothing but pine
apples; others contain nothing but mel
ons and cucumbers. One peach tree on
the glass wall measured 81 feet in width,
10 feet in height,and bears 1, ,060 peaches.
1t is the largest in the world. The grape
houses, five or six in all, are 700 feet
long. But what shall be said Of the great
conservatory, filled with every variety of
the tropicall plants? 1t is one of the
wonders of the world. 1t covers an acre
Of ground, is one hundred feet high, cf
oval shape, and cost 100000. 1t is
heated by steam and hot water pipes,
which in all are six miles in length. The
consumes 600 tons of coal in
wear
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e EUROPEAN NE W S.
Latest From the Seat of War.

The steamers Bremen and City of Bos-
ton at New York, and the Cuba at Hall
fax, gives one weeks later advices from
Europe. The Cuba left Liverpool on the
Esd ultimo, and Queenstown ON the 24th.
The news by these arrivals is full Of IN
terest. The war has fairly commenced,
and several encounters are reported, but
no collision of any importance has oc-
Cured between the belligerents. The
Prussians had secured the important cities
of Dresden and Leipsic. Vast armies
were concentrating in the neighborhood
of Dresden, and great battle was expec-
ted for the possession Of the Saxon King
dom. The armies of the Three minor
Kingdoms, which had joined the Austri-
ans, are computed at 100000 men.
On the 18th of June, Prussia and Ita-
ly simultaneously issued formal declara-
ton of war against Austria.
The Italian army crossed the Mincio
on the 23d, unopposed.
Diplomatic relations between Prussia
and Bavaria were suspended on the 18th,
and the respective ministers had received
their passports. The French Ambassa-
dors were to look after Prussian interests
at Vienna and Munich.
Telegraphic communication with South
ern Germany and countries beyond is now
stopped, except by way of France. There
is still communication by wire with Ber-
lin, but dispatches are much delayed.
The North German Lloyd steamship
from Bremen, brought to Southampton
eighty-fye packages of specie and treas.
ure belonging to the Hanoverian Govern
ment, for deposit in the bank of England
The Prussian Government is dlsquiet
ed at the spread of cholera in The army
On the 4th and 9Th, 81 cases, 6 of which
on these days proved fatal, occurred in th'
Third regiment of the Guard. Among
the Austrian troops in Bohemia and Ba
yaria disease has broken out to which
the name famine Typhus' has been Civ
en-. 1t seems that the soldiers were a
first inadequately fed.
A telegram from Bremen states that a
passengers from the interior could no
reach that port owing to the advance o
the Prussian army into Hanover, tht
American steamer Ericsson would not sal
from Bremen for New York on the 20tl
of June as announced. S
From the Moniteur du Soir, June lS.]
A private dispatch announces that al
engagement las taken place, near Frank
fort, between the Hessians and the Prus
slams coming from Giessen. The Prus
slams are said to have gained the adva n
tage and continued their march, afte
having secured possession of the railway
/ COLOGNE, June 1S.-Hostilities hav
commenced between the Prussians an
the federal army. The Fourth Darmstad
infantry regiment has been almost ami
hilated by the Prussians at Friedberg be
tween Frankfort and Guessen.
Large bodies of troops are massed a
Mayence and Frankfort, where the Wur
tsmburg contingent will arrive to might.
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The New Tariff.

To the Editors of the Evening Post:
If the tariff now before Congress be-
comes law, the duty on knives and
forks (articles indispensable in every
family will be as follows, viz:
"On The cheapest article used by the
poor, one hundred and eighty per cent,
and on those used by farmers and mechan-
les, one hundred and thirty per cent. in
gold. This is simply the duty.
The other expenses, such as casks, car
riage, shipping charges, freight, insur-
ance, custom house charges and exchange,
may be fifteen to twenty per cent. more.
Is it the intention Of our Legislators to
tax the poor to this extent, for the bene-
fit Of few New England manufacturers?
Yours respectfully, G. r.
To the Editors of the Evening Post:
1t is difficult to tell from the published
report, how the proposed new tariff is to
effect hardware and cutlery. Under the
present one, wood screws pay eight and
eleven cents per pound, equal to SO per
cent; trace-chains, two and half cents
per pound, equal to 81 per cent; steel
pens ten cents per gross, and Is per cent,
ad valorem, equal to 100 to 200; pen and
pocket-k knives, so per cent. ad valorem;
table knives, 25 per cent. ad valorem; and
many other articles in the same ratio
This is without the usual charges of com
mission, exchange, &c, amounting to 10
or 20 per cent, more, all to be paid in
gold.
It is proposed that pocket knives of
less value than SIS per dozen shall pay a
specific duty of 81 per dozen, and 30 per
cent. ad valorem. Thus a schoolboy' S
knife, costing in Sheffield, 75c. per dozen,
will pay ST 371, or $50 per cent, duty
Table knives, the common kind, much
used by the poor, are to pay 25 cents per
dozen, and 45 per cent. ad valorem-cost
in Sheffield So so in gold, and 165 per
cent. duty. Aquality in general use by
farmers and mechanics, costing So 63, will
pay 1871 per cent. duty, to which is to be
added Is or 20 per cent. more for una
yoidable charges.
lt is an aQrolG Scneme on the part VI
the home manufacturers to ask for spe-
cifc duty as we'll as for an advalorem du-
ty on the same article.
IF our law makers knew the operation
of this they would not be caught in such
q trap.
Two rates of duties make the Custom
house entries very difficult to prepare
correctly. have an entry now before
me which took my Custom-House clerk
an entire day to make out. The value is
f269, and there are ten different rates Of
duty.
The present tariff, though complicated
and high, has produced good gold reve-
nue.. The one now before Congress is in
many articles prohibitory, but it will en-
able the domestic manufacturers to raise
their prices to just such point as to leave
no profit on the importation, and thus en-
rich them instead, at the expense of the
poor; and the Government instead of get
ling from fifty to one hundred per cent.
on imported goods,will get five or six per
cent. on the same goods made here.
sYours respectfully, c. R.
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Outrages and Absurdities Of the
Radical schemes.

The system upon which the Radicals
are Furnishing the inhabitants Of States in
which the rebellion took place is an out
rage upon every principle Of Law and JUS
tice.
It infiets punishment upon the whole
people, loyal and disloyal, men, women
and children; while net more than one
tenth Of the people we're actually engaged
in the rebellion, and perhaps not more
than one half Of that tenth voluntarily
It inaicts that punishment without
Judge or jury, trial or conviction. The
Constitution expressly provides that no
person shall be punished without due
process Of Law. M
Instead Of confronting the accused with
witnesses it assumes his guilt, (if he hap
pen to live in any one Of eleven States
contrary to the legal maxim: that every
man is presumed to be innocent until he
is proven guilty And in defiance of the
provision of the Constitution that no
man shall be compelled in any criminal
case to be witness against himself, it
establishes test oaihs which compel q
man, under certain penalties, to swear to
bis Innocence; Or. if he refuse, that refu-
sal is taken as a confession Of bis guilt,
and the penalty is affixed.
Il offers a brlbe to unserupulous men
tosuear themselses free from certain dis
abilities.
It attaches disabilities and inaicts pun
ishment, not upon the individuals who
committed the offense, but whoever may
live upon the territory where the ofense
was committed. A rebel who fought
against the Government from the firing Of
the first gun to the last one may cross a
Etate line and most of his disabilities
fall from him. The most loyal man in
The North may cross State line, and he
at once takes up the disabilities the other
laid down. 1t is as if A purchased a
housein which B committed murder, A
should be hanged for it. and B go at lib-
erty.
While these Radicals have continued
and still continue to punish the inhabi-
tants Of these eleven States, they propose
amendments to the Constitution to give
then power thus to punish them.
They propose amendments to the Con-
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Freednnen,s Afairs.

WASHINGTON, June 30-The Assist
ant Commissioner of the Freedman's Bu-
reau in Alabama reports to Gen. How
ard that at least IL, 900 rations will be
required to meet the wants of destitute
whites and blacks during July.
Gen. Robinson, Commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau and Military Com
mander in North Carolina, reports bad
state of affairs existing in the above State.
Sub Commissioners throughout the State
are continually asking for troops to pro-
tect them. he cannot grant them on ac-
count of the small force at his disposal.
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The call for National Convention tc
found new party, which we published
last week, carries with it names which en-
title it to some consideration. While we
cannot but respect the manly independ-
enee which prompts these distinguished
men to follow their convictions Of right,
instead Of the leading-strings Of Sumner
ard Stevens, We insist that Mahomet must
come to the mountain, as the mountain
will not go to Mahomet. In other words,
that to accomplish their object in sustain
ing President Johnson's policy and re-
storing the Union, they must act with the
Democratic party. As there seems to be
no difference between these parties upon
the great question of restoration, there
San be no doubt that the Democratic par
ty, which is much the strongest, would
cheerfully concede them everything in
the way of position and consideration to
which their number and influence entitle
them.
Let us first have Government Of the
Constitution, and restored Union, in
place of the Radical faction which now
tyrannize over our country; then, if we
have any minor differences, we can peace
fully settle them as we did before the
monster Fanaticisn made his den in the
halls Of legislation.
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remedy Against Rinderpest and
Cholera.

WASHINGTON, July LA communica-
| tion has been received at the Department
of State from our Legation at London, in
closing two pamphlets relating to expert
ments by DR.. James Dewor, of Kircaldy,
for testing the efficiency of sulphurous
acid gas as disinfectant. Results are
teited which lead to the conviction that
rinderpest, pneumonia and cholera, and
some other disease by which the human
family are afflicted, may be not only very
much modified but even wholly prevented
by this means. The method of genera
ting the gas is very simple and inexpen-
siye. It is only necessary to have cha
fer of old ash cinders. Get small cru
Icible, and into it drop piece of sulphur
stick of the size of a mans thumb. This
viii fumigate large cattle shed in TWEEN
ty minutes. The animals seem to enjoy
it,and it acts as tonic on man and BEAST
The shed must be well ventilated during
the fumigation, as well as before aad az
ter, and sound sanitary rules must been
forced in regard to cleanliness and the
removal of dung heaps during the preVa-
lence of such epidemics as are above
named. ~
The funigation may be made accord
ing to. the foregoing directions four or
five times day. -
Not only is the treatment to cure the
fatal diseases, but it is stated that mango,
ringworm and lice have also vanished be-
fore it, and that grease heels in horses
have also been cured by it, while severe
cases of phthisic and tubercular affections
of the lungs have been relieved in human
beings. The matter is worthy of study
and experiment by our scientific and pro-
fessional men. DIR. DeWor having libe-
rally consented to the free use of his
pamphlets they will be sent BY the Sec
'retary of State to an appropriate commit
tee in Congress, with view to their pub,
lication and distribution.
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stitution under which to pass laws to pun
ish certain ofFenses in a manner different
from that prescribed by law when the Of
tense was committed, which is precisely
what the Constitution forbids when it de-
cIares that no er post tacto law shall be
passed.
Edmund Burke, or some other wise
man, said he could not frame an indict-
ment against a whole people, but the
Radicals dispense with grand juries and
indictments, witnesses and attorneys. laws
and judges, and with every safeguard, land
every form of trial except the passing of
sentence: And this sentence is leveled at
the whole population, the guilty no more
than the innocent. #
Such is the system of the Radicals
the system upon which they go before the
people, and for which they ask the peo-
Piles endorsement. The elections Of this
Fall must establish it, or must substitute
for it one consistent with law, with justice
and with the Constitution.
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The Combination Silver Skirt !


This invention combines with the ordinary
cotton Skirt the advantages of our SILvER
SKIRT; the bottom hoops are the same as those
used in the Silver Skirf, the covering Of which
cannot wear of, while the upper ones are
covered with cotton. No lady, having once
worn one of our Skirts, will be willing to wear
any other, as the lower hoops Of all other
kinds are soon injured and soiled.
The best materials are used in their con-
struction, and, from their durability and neat
ness they ara destined to become -
A Favorite skirt
Manufactured solely by the SILVER SKIRT
and WIRE MANUF1cTURIEG COMPANY,
80 e 80 Barclay Street,
sse NEW YORK.
7. S. SPERRY, Sup't. july3oly. ss
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Platform, Adopted at
Columbus, Thursday, May "a.

Resolved, That the Democracy Of Ohio
will adhere in the present and in the fu-
ture as in the past, with unfaltering fidel-
ity and irmness TO the organization of the
Democratic Party, and to its ancient and
we'll settled principles as enunciated by
Thomas Jefferson, the great Apostle Of
American Democracy, and as aekneul-
edged and accepted by the party from the
foundation of the Government; and espe-
cially Of equal taxation. and Of repre-
sentation of all States subject to taxation.
Resolued, That the one great question
of the day is the IMMEDIATE AND UNcoN-
OPTIONAL RESTORATION OF ALL THE
STATES TO THE EXERCISE OF THEIR
RIGHTS WITHIN THE FEDERAL Union UN-
DER THE Constitutions; and that We will
cordially and actively support ANDREW
JOHNSON, as President Of the United
States, in all necessary aud proper means
to carry out his policy as directed to that
end; and especially in securing immedi-
ate representation in the Senate and House
OF Representatives, to the eleven States
from which it is now unconstitutionally
and arbitrarily withheld. unless on the
degrading condition of inferiority in the
Union, and of negro political and civil
equality enforced by the Federal Govern.
ment. ss...s
Resolued, That for the purposes above
set forth, we will cordially cooperate in
public meetings, conventions and at the
polls, with all men, without reference to
past party positions, who honestly and by
their acts and votes as well as by their
professions, support the President in his
policy Of restoration as now declared.
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Dexter won the $40, 600 race on the
Fashion Course yesterday, on Long Is
land. His competitors were the horses
General Butler" and aCommodore Van
derb;lt.
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Seven thousand acres in the Lake Shore
region of Northern Ohio, it is said, have
been converted into vineyards.
A special dispatch says that President
johnson will veto the new Tariff Bill if
it passes Congress.
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aWrThe New York Herald truly saws,

DgrThe New York Herald truly says,
that the Republican party, ike huge
monopoly, is falling to pieces from its
own corruption" that "a more corrupt
body than this Congress never disgraced
any country, and that "the very few
good men in it are but the exceptions that
prove the rule, and their purity makes
the immortality of the majority all the
blacker by the contrast