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Number of Troops Enlisted During
the War-DeathS i'm Battle--Num-
Der Returned Home Alive.

New YORK, May 19.-When President
Lincoln, in April, 1861, called for seven
ty five thousand militia for three months
service, the army of the United States had
on its roll $4,000 men. During the en-
suing four years, 2,6S8, 532 men were en-
listed, of which 2,408, 103 left the army
alive. Of the balance, 5000 died in
battle, or of wounds, while 184,330 died
of disease. The number of white. troops
enlisted was about $500. 000; the number
of deaths among them, 251 ,122, or one
death out of ten. The number of color
ed troops was 10000; of whom 1928
died, or about one out of six, being nearly
double the rate of deaths among white
troops. Out OF every eight deaths among
white troops, three died on the field of
battle and FIVE from disease. Out of eve
ry nine deaths among the blacks, one died
on the field of battle and eight from dis
ease. The mortality among volunteers
was nearly Is per cent. greater than
among the regulars.
These statistics are taken from off cial
records, but while they give the number
of those who died in the service, they
make no mention of the hest who were
obliged to leave the army and went home
to die.
s@-An immense hog was brought into
port at Norfolk, Virginia. few days ago.
The Day Book Of that place says of the
animal:
'.The said hog was in a large wagon.on
board of the steamer Emma. The mon
ster was raised in Hertserd County, North
Carolina, is nine feet long, at least four
feet high, and weighs between 1000 and
l,700 pounds" eet
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-05-29

FLOUR From FnANcE.-The Boston
Bulletin states that five or six cargces Of
French -four are now on the way to this
country-sent out, net because it is par
ticularly needed here, but as a speculative
adventure. This French -four, it is said
being a grade corresponding to medium
and good western-will readily command
SO per barrel, or upwards, in the Amer
lean market; at which figure it will net q
profit of IS sterling, or about 81 rs per
barrel, to the importer, after paying The
custom house duty of 90 per cent, gold
premium, freight charges, &c.
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Sheriff Sale.
Solomon HOgue and Wife
John W. Bradshaw & al.

by virtue Of an order Of sale in partition "a
u me directed from the Court Of Common
Pleas of the county of Monroe, and State Of
Ohio, / viii offer for sale, at public outcry,
at the front door of the court house in the
town of Woodsfeld, in said county, between
the hours of ten o'clock am. and four O'Clock
pm, on se
Saturday, Juns 80, 1866, aeas
the following real estate in Monroe County,
Ohio, to wit: Lot No. 5 in the town of Browns
vile, in Monroe County, Ohio.
JOS. MYERS,
may2sw6. Sheriff N. co.
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at Leavenw0rth--A MUIR
derer Summarily Hung.

A policeman named John Curry was
murdered in Leavenworth on Tuesday
afternoon last, by Charles Quinn, whom
he was attempting to arrest for gross dis
turbance of the peace. Quinn stabbed
the policeman in the abdomen several
times with a bowie knife. A Mr.. Cald-
we'll was severely cut in the right hand
with the knife while endeavoring to wrest
it from the murderer. Mr.. Curry soon
died. He was well known and highly es-
-teemed by the citizens, and intense indig-
nation ensued, resulting in the murderer
being taken from the Jail and summarily
hung. The scene is thus described By
the Conservative:
During the afternoon it was evident
that the determination of a certain class
of citizens was to take Quinn from the
Jail and lynch him. This feeling became
more apparent toward evening, and about
eight o'clock a crowd, swelling as it pro-
ceeded, passed down Shawnee street to
Main, then up Delaware and across the
Second street bridge, to the Jail where
the murderer was confined. The crowd
at this time numbered perhaps two thou
sand, and completely surrounded the yard
and building. They were met at the
gates by Col. Jennison, the sheriff and a
body of police, when the acting Mayor
addressed some remarksto the assemblage
urging them to let the law take its course,
and earnestly recommending that the
! prisoner, having been duly arrested and
confined, should be left to the operations
of the courts.
After some further parley, a committee
was chosen to examine the building, to
ascertain whether Quinn was there. After
an absence of about FIVE minutes-the
crowd in the meantime maintaining an un-
usual silence-the committee reported
that the prisoner would soon be forth
coming, when a bowIof satisfaction went
up from the throats Of a thousand intent
upon his death. Quinn was shortly
brought out Of Jail, but by whom we are
unable to say. Upon the steps he ad-
dressed a few words to those around, but
to what purpose or effect we were unable
to hear. He was then hurried to the high
ground South Of the Jail yard, and East
OF the residence of Mayor Carney, where
he was hung to a small tree, the ropt
being passed. over a limb and the body
swung up from the ground by the unitec
efforts of perhaps two hundred men. A
the tree Quinn spoke briefly as to hi
property and its location.
He had some, he said, in galloway ant
Schuyler Counties. Missouri. and some il
Jefferson City, which he wished dispose'
Of to pay his debts, the residue to b.
given to his brother and sister. He wa
Indebted to a New York hos ital, hi
name was Charles Quinn, he was a nativ
of Ireland. born in Dublin. Before h
had concluded the cry was raised tia
troops were coming from the fort, whel
the rope was hauled taut and the bod.
suddenly shot mp from the ground
Scarcely a struggle was perceptible, n
convulsive action of the limbs, and afte
hanging some minutes the body was low
cred, audit having been determined tina
it was lifeless,a plank was secured and tn
corpse taken to the city and deposited i
the Recorders Court room. What fur
ther disposition was made of it we do nc
know.
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Attachment Notice.

i NOS N MEYLERT, of the State Of New
n York. will talse notice that on the 2sth
day of May, 1866, John s. Way commenced
an action in the Court of Common Pleas Of
Monroe County, Ohio, demanding the sum Of
Sle0, and that an attachment was issued out
of said Court and levied upon said Amos N.
Meylert's lands. You are required to appear
and answer said petition by the 18th day Of
July, 1866. JAMES &. MORRIS,
may2sws. Atty for plaintiff
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BY order of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, the alleged Confederate steamship
Coquette, seized 10 Baltimore a few days
since, has been sent to Boston for adju-
dication, she having been libelled by the
United States authorities in that city as
property subject to coniscation.
The postmaster who has been removed
from the Cairo Postofice is Chairman of
the Radical club Of that city.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-05-29

Il Is understood that there is 20 be a
large decapitation Of postmasters who are
infnical to the Presidents policy. A
number Of new appointments are being
,nsdc 81. IN .te Pcst-eaiee Department
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Attachment Notice.

v. s. Stevens, plaintiff. Before Jos. Weir ].
VS.. :. Of Seneca town.
John Johnson. deft sh,p, Monroe eoanty.
Ohio: On the 7th day of May A D, 1866 said
Justice issued an order of attachment Ia the
above action for the sum of IS 90. and will
be for final hearing on the 18th day of June,
A.D. 1866. v. s. STEVENS.
may29.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-05-29

A Georgia newspaper predicts the best
crop Of wheat in that State this season
tina: has been made in ten years.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-05-29

D. G. Littlejohn. late Speaker of the
New York House, has been presented
with a gorgeous dinner-set, worth s4,-
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-05-29

b@-Tke New York Christian % Advo-
cate says: "The negro is the coming man.
The church that shall now secure to it.
self the colored population of the u
try, will make sure Of a great power for
the future" So, so-"Christians'' are
LISTING after power, too, as we'll as the
politicians; and, to secure it, are dcpreca-
ting their race ard color and licking the
very boots of the negroes. Not for the
salvation Of souls-not For the extension
of Gods Kingdom-but for power
temporal power-and the emoluments
and plumber which that carries in its
train. God help such Christians to a
place iu-Hayti. -Hqrrisburg Patriot.
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The .. S. Income Tax.

A correspondent gives the New York
Express his judgment upon the justice Of
the way assessors make up the income
tax. He says:
"When a man makes up his statement
for the internal revenue, an ordinary per-
son would suppose that his income meant
what he had left of his dividends, profits,
rents, &C., after deducting his losses, and
the legal exemptions. But the assessors
arrange it in a different way.
"For instance, a mans income from the
above sources may be $40, 600; but he
may have lost $40, 600 on ships, steam
boats or some other property. The as
SCISSORS will permit him to deduct hat
loss from profit, if he had any,from ships
steamboats,, &C., and from nothing else;
but they will compel him to pay tax on
the $4,000 which he received from other
sources.
at seems to me unjust, and not iHten-
ded by Congress, that a man should be
compelled to pay a tax on $4,000 as
above, when every dollar of that income,
and perhaps twice as much, has been
wiped out by losses in other quarters du-
ring the same year"
The New York Journal Of Commerce
expresses its opinion of the same state of
facts. 1t says:
"We do not believe that profits in one
branch of business can be properly reck-
oned as net income if there have been &C.
tual losses in another branch to Offset it.
The income to be taxed is the actual gain
of the individual for the year, subject to
the legal exemptions, and no one should
feel bound to return more than an honest
statement Of this tntal.n
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New York, May 2e.-Gold closed
yesterday at l393
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Great Fire i'm New York Academy
of Music in Ruins--Other Build
ings Destroyed.

NEW YORK, May %, l A: M.-The
Academy of Music and three other build
ings are on fire. The whole block is
threatened. Further particulars soon.
SECOND DISPATCH.
2:30 A. M.-The Academy of Music is
in a mass Of ruins, together with the Med
ical University, and a large stone build
ing adjoining on Fourteenth street. AL
so lime & Co.'s Piano Warehouse, corner
Of Third Avenue and Fourteenth street.
It extended across Third Avenue to
Wooster & Co.'S Piano Warehouse which
was nearly destroyed.
The Lutheran church on Fifteenth
street was also consumed. Several other
large buildings, contiguous to the Acad-
envy were burned. 1t is impossible to de-
termine, at this hour, the entire loss, but
it will reach from three to four millions
of dollars. One steam f~re-engine was
burned, but no lives as yet, are reported
lust.
There was a performance of the opera
at the Academy tonight. but it termina-
ted an hour previous to the breaking out
of the fire.
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parThe editorial is scarce this week
owing to the editor being absent, attend.
ing the State Convention.
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Democratic Platform, Adopted at
Columbus, Thursday, May "a,
1866.

ResoLred, That the Democracy Of Ohio
will adhere in the present aud in the fu-
ture as in the past, with unfaltering fdel-
ity and frmness to the organization of the
Democratic Party, and to its ancient and
well settled principles as enunciated by
Thomas Jefferson, the great Apostle of
American Democracy. and as acknowl-
edged and accepted by the partyfrom the
foundation of the Government; and espe-
eially of equal taxation, and Of repre-
sentation of all States subject to taxation.
Resolrcd, That the one great question
Of the day is the IMMEDIATE AND UNcoN-
OPTIONAL RESTORATION OF ALI THE
STATES TO THE EXERCISE OF THEIR
RIGHTS WITHIN THE FEDERAL UNION UN
Z THE Constitutions; and that We will
cordially and actively support ANDREW
JOHNSON, as President of the United
States, in all necessary and proper means
to carry out. his policy as directed to that
end; and especially in securing immedi-
ate representation in the Senate aud House
os 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.
Resolred, 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 we'll as by their
professions, support the President in his
policy Of Restoration as now declared.
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Mexican Affairs--The Fight at Ma
ZafEan. s

New York, May 22.-The details of
the engagement between the Liberals nm
der Covona and the Imperial garrison at
Mazatlan. Mexico, show that the Liberals
gained a brilliant victory. A squad of
Americans who were in Covouas ranks
acted as sharp-sheoters during the en-
g%agement.
Without delaying, Covona Immediately
attacked another expedition under Lozda.
and completely routed it. He is now
master of the position in Sinaloa. oii
The heavy import duties and forced
loans still continue. Duties on single
cargoes Of merchandise from Europe in
the month of April, have amounted from
S130, 600 to S160, 600.
Ortega. the opponent of Juarez,prope-
ses TO enter Mexico from California.
A letter of Gen. Princourt, one of the
French commanders, is published, stating
that be believes the cause is not hopeful,
and the relations with the United States
are threatening. He therefore intends
taking a leave of absence, with no exrec-
tation of returning.
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hDrThe order of the President direct
ing the arrest and trial by court-maltial
Of all agents of the Freedmeu's Bureau
engage. in the cultivation of plantations
is a new thing in the modern history of
the country. Since 1861, the profession
of faith in the "God- and-humanity" doc
trine has been a carte blanche for the
commission of any species of crime from
robbing banks a la Butler to stealing
spoons aud pictures a la Nose Lamhim,
high private in the "bummer's" brigade.
Any man indicted for anything from
stealing cotton down to a rape OF hen
roosts had only to plead loyalty as a bar
to trial. This sort Of thing now seems
to have come to an end. Loyalty is not
hereafter to be regarded as a mail of
proof, in which ~swindlers, thieves and
confidence men can traverse the land ply
ing their trades with impunity.-Oswego
Times.
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BAKER & CASTLE
Office, Main Street, above Postofice.

A LII work done on short notice, at reason
a able rates. in the best Of style and war.
ranted to give satisfaction. Call and try our
tooth powder, for cleansing and preserving
the teeth. TEETH ExTRAcTED WITHOUT PAIN.
Woods6eld, Ohio, May 29-m6. = ssfs
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NEW YORK, May 22.-The Academy
of Music was valued at $3.50 BOO insured
for S130, 600, and scenery, &c, for $780,
900. Maretzek's loss is $40, 900; Grau's
$40, 600; neither insured; University Med
zeal College valued at $4,000, insured
foa $25, 900. Worcester's piano factory
was saved. Cass & Hines factory not
ascertained.
The FIRE was doubtless ~incendiary.
DR.. Valentine Mett's valuable anato-
mlcal collection was destroyed in Univer-
sity Medical College. Loss $4,000
Loss by burning Of st. James Lutheran
Church 100000; partially Insured. Loss
of Col. Frazie, restaurant keepers SIS 600;
no insurance. Loss on Worcester's fac
tory, which isnot greatly damaged, COW
cred by insurance. Build ngs Nos. 122
and 124 Third Avenue, occupied by vari-
Gus parties, were destroyed. Loss CON
siderable.
The total loss will not exceed, if it
reaches, 1000, 600.
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ssg-The New York Herald, a Republi-
can paper, but nov supporting President
johnson in his struggle with the Disun-
%iOnists, thus forcibly epitomizes the We
toed Civil Rights Bill:
"Shall the negro intermarry with our
daughters, and take an equal part in our
households? The civil rights bill SAYS
that he shall.
"Shall negroes intermingle with our
refined ladies in steaming hot theatres,
bathrooms, opera houses and railroad cars?
The civil rights bill declares that they
must. s
sShall the negro supercede Grant as
general-in chief of the United States ar
my? The civil rights bill says that he
can do so.
us the negro five times better than a
white man that the former should vote
Immediately, while the latter has to I'M
dergo FIVE years probation if he brings
his skill, labor and money to this country
from abroad? The civil rights bill de-
clares that the negro is five times better.
"Shall the farms of the great West
aud the whole country be owned by me-
groes and white labor be made subservi-
ent to negro proprietorship? The civil
rights bill provides for this condition Of
things.
fare we to have negroes filing the po-
%sition of post captains in the United
States armyY The civil rights bill says
that we are.
as this a white mans government for
white men? The civil rights bill says
that it is not.
"Are we to have negroes representing
this Government as United States minis,
tiers at the courts of France and England?
The civil rights bill says that we are.
"Shall negroes cit in Congress, in the
Cabinet and other high t%sations side by
side with white men? The civil rights
bill says that he may.
"Shall our children see a negro In the
Presidential chair? The civil rights bill
provides for such a contingency"
$50 ~
, 1866-04-24

Upon the cat1 Of the Fifth Ward tAld. kaun moved
t6a, . Miehael Il Einpesn ty declared the Alderman
u,ene1Ds on the tlr.t Monday OF May next
Aid- Shetiean opposed ,hr no'loa. lie salo:
NE. tTtsathf--Ffcm the evidence ilat Il now on
ile desk think II will he sccn that nauds the most
:'lcss 9nd wholesale. have hcrn pc1petrsica IN the
scc. "a rFee1nc1 ct .hc Fl b" aro at the recent
President, 10 'hIlk, aYc, to know, that there arc
men so desperate atst 70 base A. to r,ek their own
personal Thirty and their mofai ui,erty-If such
tution.. @''''"''>'8'' ~ ~
Aid. Kann-1 call The gentleman 10 Older,
The Ihalr 1ufu thst Aid. Sheridan WAS IN nriler.
Aid. shcrfdan-Fos the hcntat Of the gentleman
repeat That 2ttese TO sec that there are meu 80
liberty and mosa, character in att NUT. 10 sa tnc
sesy foundations Of our republican institutions,
and eut'vert The iilrstle~ Of people by Inc de.
nses sor she % nsscr sss @ tn,cuaea III M o
I'll. rer Nti has hccn the motto ol TIL, KcpuhiI.
sra ,s from It, e ,, ssr1 :, %Ss @
went On smoothly and well. But. sir. five ALLOW
80 ss VI" a e On o0''s 10 aesposn e' n -" vss y
1of hss be- ta made ID The rish Ward ut have ao oo
a3lca,ts ol one hundred and elchty-four men. who
Voluntarily & me and tWeaE 'ha, On the 1'th 81
april heF deposited the!r vo,es at the hoase Of ",
while the judges declare vote Of hut ni;eiy Enur
| II this he OF L frlud-a most Wholesale Iraud-l
| do Lot know VII. fc 10 look io1 unc- am greatly
a:'otshed that aly mai pretending to honor. pr.
1.Ldin- to dignity, shauld lit III this Council
thanhcI 10 lcci-la'e tor this people. and try tc
tolee this domination upon u=. ii seems 10 mr..
Mr. Fe-tdcnt. that in vicw OF the fact that all hit
1oics tpoeited in the ha1lnf b0x at The Secont
Frcinet oi the Fifth Ward were l,ft unn,,pllcreI
in view Of thc tact also thai ,bclc we're yo;er,
/ who look men to that Prtciuct, Whne,
names were not on the registry 1it. and we're vii
l1EE to swear that those nen werc vcters and tina
tee jut.EsT Wcsr 20 naa.naniMou- n not 10 ytuu{r
at'!dFvits. hut would take their votes ~ they wclc
in view uf This informally, and al.o in view OF ,h
| glazing .raEd Which t. pcrl&tratrd hy thcee men
| aloye that tuhn j. Fox he declared .Aldr.m1
tirct fer ,hr Filth Wasst. would ak. ME. 1t<sl
Il, TT. thai at this tuncturc tht clerk read thr atE
da.fte Of >ome OF the yoscr. Of the Fifth Ward.
Aid. kann iEoncht tic Council could not 90 teac
! OF lhr report OF ill.,. election judges.
The clerk Ih.n ttad tic rfote*t nt } ]. Fox, u
c,ai1cant Tor be seat. 1w1lslontug That n. Counc
; | do nc' declare u. FIJI u.an 10 be fhc si1er.na
etcc for the Ward. mill opDoE nnify .yas atTugt
, | I'd 10 prove fhe fFaud md 1nfOrntattr
. Aid LaW.on moved that the while matte; lie +,
. | tcfred 10 the COMMITTEE on Judiciary.
| Aid. knckeitsnckcr thought 1t would be nrcc.
.az! II: such ref renee to c,nfou.r the commte
, | ~ take ic tliHouv.
! Alter delatr urou tic snr;,et the matter was n
, | fcrretl 10 iir uin,,il1tc on Judiciary.
. The following Ne1r tic returns. 1cnortcd by Il
: | lA-Ecctor>. H. rtlaion 10 c0u>iA!cs.
, 1866-04-24
Markets by Telegraph.
NEW ronK DIZZY GuoDs MARKET.
Especial Despatch to the Western Associated pstss
NkK YdEE. Anil q

Especial Despatch to the Western Associated Press
Hxw Tosx, Apel =.
The following ID ! Ferort OF johbc1s' rxtces from
tho NeT York DEy 0oods ExctAnEe. hprf1 IA, Tne
market opens this week with fail In many le4dtex
styles Of domestic Rcods Black Aka arc aule+ ytsh
heavT stocks on hand. Notions and f.ucy goods are
rather Gull. and With downward tendGcy. Jobbers
arr x11pP 10 sell their atocks at Considerable con-
cessio.s, snd country merchants make good t4ur,
EhettoEs and shl1hnx1.-Anoskes9 A Is, asc; do
aS &c; Appleton , &c Atlantic s., SC; AnKu,ts
H. 7lc; Bedford 10 16c Dwight s. 2c: Great Fail,
Il. TIC; Howard IS. &c: lndian Head 81, &c.
shectipgs End ShitttnEs REHABILITATION sou %,
SC; RAzt3csss 81. 11c Bates Xxx s <oc; do BR s. 3>c
lssy Mills S. &c: Canoe n, Is Columbia T. &c; For
tstdAie r. Sic; Harris No. I, 3S sc; Hope 81 SOC
James IS SIC; ianRdon T.. s:c: do rs SIC do q &c
LADIES SaekinEs-lecestes, al.1. Nix dlesex tl.6s
Salisbury, SLID; WathlnEton sl6s: Garibsldl neps
tauss tl.35 Excelsior, $3.50; Forrest Mills, f15u
Hoop SStrts-Thon1on's crown French elastic
spring dox. hoops 8tfo: Boatta.n tsatl II 0N9
10: Woven zephyr Hsadley's duplex aItplfc sixcS
e1.ss; Empress trail, tl-s: Meyers J1L wide tapes
6Scaa11.; do narrow tapes. 4ss75c
DeniDs-AmoskesE, seHc; HaymAker, g inch, 81 Y
@i2xc. Go Brown. 4oc: Manchester. 3sAc; Unct4
Manufacturing Co., 2kc; ThofadIke. &c; ltil
borough Brown, &c.
Brown Drille-Amoske8v, 1t;s Ferpeyell, 7tc
Stark II. 1ic; Winthrop, 21e; Hennngton, &c Globe
&c.
PT,nts-Me1timRck y, &c: do u, 7tc; Cocheeo L,
2lc: sr.aguc's frocks, 7lc; Richmond, 19c; Amerl
can. ls4cs Duuuelts, lsc: Alicns 1,He; Garner Co.
NC: AmosfeaE. lse: Arpold's, Ike; Lowell lsxc
Duth hess B, lsc :; Wamsutta. Ike; London Nousulcs
SprsEue 1Gxc; Atlantic do tske-
Print C!otns-Extra ulbeached i;c extra bleach
ed s5c: co!pfed 6auAsk. Sc.