The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-08-07
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General Beauregard was offered by the
Hospodar of Moldo- Wallachia, the post
Of commander-in chief Of the Roumanian
army, an honor which he declined.
General Sheridan reports officially that
French troops continue to be landed at
Vera Cruz. lie states that he has lost
all confidence in the sincerity of Napoleon,
and his statements concerning the with
drawal OF the French troops.
There are now eight hundred and
eighty. eight prisoners in the Ohio Peni-
tentiary, being the largest number com
fined at any one time sincethe war.
The burnt district of Portland has been
accurately surveyed and found to cover
an area of three hundred and twenty seven
acres, SO thoroughly burnt that it is be-
lieved that scarcely ten cords of charred
wood could be gathered from the ru-
ins.
Seward and Welles have both written
letters sustaining the President, and IA
voring the holding of the Philadelphia
Convention.
Jay Cooke, the celebrated banker, re-
turns an income for 1865 Of $625, 600.
His tax will be over 100000.
The cholora is said to be prevailing as
an epidemic in st. Louis, but little is said
about It.
A twenty,inch gun, containing 14O,-
900 pounds of metal, was cast at the Fort
Pit Foundry, in Pittsburgh. Penn, on
Saturday. 1t is destined for the Puritan,
now lying in New York. 1t is eighteen
inches shorter than the one cast at the
same foundry in 1864 for the Dunder-
berg.
Mr.. Harlan, the Secretary of the In
terror, has resigned, heresignation to take
effect on the 1st of September.
The bark La Belle has been wrecked
on the Pacific coast. A number of lives
were lost. Among thosesaved were Mad
am Anna Bishop, the distinguished sing
er.
The ship Idaho was wrecked off the
Java coast on the 10Th of April. She
was loaded with Coolies, one hundred and
forty of whom were lost.
The Provost Marshal generals Office is
to be closed immediately. This is the end
of Marshal Fry.
The cholera has broken out in Cincin-
natl, and several deaths have occurred
from it within the last few days.
The last hope Of the Monarch Of the
Sea has vanished. She has gone with
her almost seven hundred passengers, how
gone no one can tell. One of her boats
has come ashore upon the coast Of Ireland
containing five or six dead and half de-
cayed bodies. Some record committed
to the waves may yet be found to give us
intelligence of her fate, but it is now q
mystery of fire, iceberg, collision, OF
laundering from storm or leak.
The Bounty Bill, which has passed
Congress, gives Sl0O additional bounty
to all honorably discharged soldiers who
have served three years during the war
or their representatives, if dead; and S5t
additional to those who have served fol
two years.
Washington specials say it will require
s7O,GOO,O00 to pay the bounties author
lzed by Congress. Paymaster-g genera
Brice considers the bill so imperfect tha
it will be some time before any bountiei
will be paid.
During the month Of juno 287 person.
died in Cincinnati, and from the 1st t,
the 18th of July, 29O persons died.
Nebraskais is now State.
A Baltimore dispatch Of the Both in
slant says: "The steamer City Of Buffalo
whicb rived Saturday night from Chi
cage with 72, 900 bushels of oats, wa
burnt this noon, while unloading atStur
ges' elevator. She was valued at abou
S75, 600, and was insured for $45, 900
and,is owned by E. S. Prosser.
It is the opinion of the N. Y. Triban
that athe Copperheads know what they ar
about
The Members of Congress, while the,
passed the Bounty bill in very imperfec
from, took good care that the bill ii
which they voted themselves over So
a-day, for actual service should have N
such drawback.
It is said the chances are good tha
the Democrats. will elect eight Of tn
eleven Congressman in Indiana this fall
The harvest prospects in Illinois ar
said to be good. The wheat is gatheret
in, and in good condition.
The Fenians have commenced anethe
movement the precise nature of whicl
has not yet transpired. g
Harper's Weekly, one of the most bit
ter, as well as able, of the loyal journals
says: The citizens of the United State
are the most heavily taxed people on th'
face of the earth" This is one of th'
results of the war which Democrats pre-
dicted, and for which they were mobbed
imprisoned, and called eopperheads ant
traitors.
e The Democratic State Committee O
Pennsylvania has appointed full set o
delegates to the Philadelphia Conven
ton. S. &
The citizens Of St. Louis are subscrib
ing literally for the relief Of the desti
tute people ofthe south.
A Ruby City ldahol letter saws mucl