The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-01
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will tax the wisdom of Congress heavily
to undo the mischief done by the Presi-
dent. Prentice retorts that the wisdom of
Congress can't bear heavy tax.
A boy named Sunkle, who resided in
West GAINESVILLE, while skating on Lick
ing river on Sunday afternoon, broke
through the ice and was drowned before
assistance could be rendered him. A
warning to Sunday skaters.
1t is reported that New York divine
will on Sunday next preach the gospel.
The first Presbyterian Church of To-
ledo are preparing to put up church
building which will cost $4,000. The
main audience room will be 60 by IS feet
in the inside. The basement ceiling will
be 123 feet high.
a miserable, deprecated, rotten rag
currency has cursed the people since the
first year of Republican rule, and will
continue to curse them until that rule is
over.
Prentice says: ''Cotton isn't king, and
corn isn't king. Brains are king, and
industry is prime minister"
If the people would have a restored
Union-equal taxation--a gold and sill
yer currency-and the good old times of
ten years gone by, they must vote the
Democratic ticket.
In the Circuit Court of st. Mary s
county, Nd, last week, John HI. Sotho-
ron, indicted for manslaughter, was ac-
quilted. Mr.. Sothoron, it will be remem-
bered, killed a Federal lieutenant, named
Reuben Price, in the early part Of the
war, who approached him armed and in a
| threatening manner, and got into some
difficulty with him about the slaves of
Sothoron, whom the lieutenant and some
soldiers were seizing to take off as re-
cruits, against their will. Sothoron fed
South, and his farm was taken possession
of, but has since been restored, and the
testimony,i it is understood; went to prove
his action in self defense.
The man who gave the information
about Surratt is French Canadian, named
St. Marie, He betrayed Surratt through
jealousy.
| The Neso York Tribune says "John
Browns SOULS marching on in England 9
Upon which the 81. Louis Times observes:
"We had seen no indications of the alb
sence of the vagabond ghost of the crazy
old fanatic aud horse thief; but, if the
Tribune is right, we can heartily condole
with England IN the unfortunate vista
tion.'
| Considerable excitement exists among
the working men in GAINESVILLE, on account
OF the proprietors of the stove foundries
reducing the wages of the moulders forty
per cent.
Blackwood calls President Johnson a
through lawyer and an excellent speaker.
In Radical circles they call him drunk
ard and an assassin.
| 1t is understood that the President has
ordered the Military Commission at
Richmond, Va, before whom DR.. Watson
was on trial for killing a negro, ,desolved,
and that no trials Of civilians be had be-
fore Military Commissions. This action
is taken in accordance with the Supreme
Court in the Indiana cases.
In the case of Terence Mcdonald, a
Feniaa prisoner in Canada, the Judge de-
cided that his naturalization in the United
States does not exempt him from liability
as a British subject.
New YORK, December 23.-Five more
whisky distilieries were seized yesterday
in this city,
The steamer Saratoga, froG Greytovn,
with California passengers, has arrived.
Twelve ocean steamers left here yes
terday for different parts of the world,
taking on an aggregate of seven hundred
passengers, and cargoes valued at over
$5, ,0e0;OO0.
Christ Church, at Rye, N. Y, was
burned on Friday night. Loss s25, ,0OG.
General Ward, of Ohio, has declined
the appointment of Commissioner to set
tie the claims OF West Virginia against
] the United States, as it would conflict
with his Office as District Attorney.
May hooting owls and whizzing bats,
And howling dogs and splitting Tats,
And bumble bees and squalling brats,
And rattlesnakes and Norway rats
Forever haunt that man who fails to
send US big fat turkey for Christmas
dinner Alliance Monitor.
Pouring cold water on the face and
head destroys the effect of narcotic poi
sons A girl poisoned with laudanum in
England was saved in this way, after all
other remedies had failed.
If the South perish, let none think
that the North can live. IF one die,
both will die. They are bound together
by a ligament stronger, more vital, and
more irremovable than that Of the twins
of Siam. Let gone become dead body,
and the ligament, decaying and putrefy
ling, day BY day, back, back, back, into
| the bowels and to the heart of the still.
living form, will soon finish the work OIL
trotteness and death--Preatice
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