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Cost of War, Cost of Peace. Cost
of Folly.

The u. s. Government under Demo-
cratic administration for four years end
ing 1861, cost s272,755,026. For three
years from 1861 to 1864, the cost of gov.
ernment under an anti Democratic admin
istration, were s2,784, ,976, 1894. For sew
enty 1.-TWO years previous to 1861, the ex,
penses amounted to total of Sl,43l,
79O,789. Expense of three years Of
Radical rule over that of all the years OF
every sort of rule previous, 81, 800, ,105,
6Osl And yet the people are expected in
these dull times to bear all this without
complaining. s
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19
Gen. Grant and his Position Ac-
cOrdIng 70 Wendell Philips.

Wendell Phillips, as the great leader
of the Radicals, thus protests, in his late
speech, against the party making sesond
mistake like that of johnson, by nomi-
mating Gen. Grant for President. He
says, referring to Grant:
isThe representative man at Washing
ington to-day is the great American rid
die! Out of 20,0O0,00O Of people who
have watched him for six years, there is
NOT ssoue who -kaewe biS upinions. His
great merit is that he has been able to
stand in the most prominent position be-
fore 20,000,000 Of people, in the most
critical years, and nobody knows what he
thinks. Laughter. Not one. Now
there is an anecdote, now there ia an edi
tor, now a man declares that he says this,
now friend denies it. Now they are sure
he is Democrat; no, he is not Demo
crat at all But, in the meantime, every
single step he takes--for he is obliged to
step, although he is so silent-you can
not get word out of him, but he is
obliged to act; and every act he does,ey
ry step he takes, a dozen men start up to
explain TITLE don't mean this, he don't
mean the other; we don't know wnat he
means. And the American people, on
the verge of Niagara, having buried 50O,-
080 martyrs, having mortgaged the indus
try of generation to the extent of So,
00O, 100000, having taken tie comfort
from every table, with that door open tc
success, and God about to close it, they
lstand upon that precipice and under thai
pressure, and about to launch themselyet
forward under the guidance Of man VIII
says, Shut your eyes, and give the fat
of the people to mel O, fellow citizens
/ we did it once; we flung back an homes
Yankee into his house, and went down an,
took an untried and unpledged Tennes
seean and put him at the helm Of tn
Goysrnment-an here We arel Go
grant we may make no second such mis-
taket Prolonged applause. I woul
: not rob the brow of Ulysses Grant of on
single leaf of its laurels. l would gran
him what his most admiring eulogist
lclaim-that he stands by the side Of th
lAlexanders and the Wellingtons. P,
him where you please. ! AL ask of h
admirers is, what is his idea of this nj
ment, and what is his policy for the Fl
tture? What is his view Of the presel
Ia duty and the future necessity? He sa,
A. to the American people-nothing; ar
st his friends praise him that be says not
st ingl In the meanwhile, one-half of tt
nation says that the Democrats will r
: joice in his nomination, and the 9th
half says he is the only hope of the r
I publican party. Well, then, God sa
= the commonwealth ear .an.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

OF two hundred students in Yale
College at the beginning Of the present
century it is stated that only one entered
the ministry. aas isaI ssiE
A New England paper say athe marks
of modern civilization are Sunday schools
newspapers and the liberal use Of 3 soap 'l'sss
According to "a recent census Rene
contains 215 ,573 inhabitants, and the to-
tai for the pontifcal States is stated at
692. .1l2. it -
An American lady correspondents at
tracts considerable notice in the Tepor-
tiers gallery of the North German Par
lament.
Governor Geary has issued a proclams-
ton announcing Sharswood's majority at
| 937. sl - q sEss
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19
TO Clear a House of vermin.

Burleigh, of the Boston Journal, ssys:
"I tell your ladies secret that may be
worth their knowing--a new remedy to
clear houses of reaches and vermin has
been found. So complete is the remedy
that men offer to rid premises of all these
pestilential nuisances by contract. The
article is sold under the amesof FreEch
green and other high sounding names, at
quite high price. But the article, in
plain English, is common green paint in
powder. Six cents worth used about
any house will clear the kitchen and all
its surroundings" e
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

From these figures some curious facts
appear. In the first place the gerrymau-
dering Of Mississippi and Florida is a
purely gratuitous 1rascality, the blacks
having majority there anyway, and, ,sec-
ondly it appears from tho whole array
that in the eyes of those who deafen us
with this cuckoo cry Of equality white
mans vote in the South is only from
third to half as good as a negroes. To
put this more exactly, white mans vote
in Virginia is fory-sis per cent. less val
liable than black mans; in Georgia
sirty-three per cent. less; in Mississippi
seventy one per cent; and in Florida one
hundred and sisty. In other words it
takes one and half white men in Vir-
ginia to equal a negro; in Georgia one
and three-ffths; in Mississippi one and
seven-tenths; and in Florida two and a
half 4W
Now this is pretty exhibit, isn't it,
for party that is forever holding up the
absolute equality Of all men as something
not to be infringed withou. mortal sim
Why these self-same gerrymandering
Radicals were of such tender conscience
that they could not abide even the old
three -ffths rule of the fathers. They
never rested till they oyerthrew that rule,
and in order to stamp their eternal rep
rotation of the inequality it embodied
they have now ordained in the South the
same kind of rule, just thirty seven per
cent. the other way. Equality, Equality,
what knaveries are done In thy name
N. T. World. b
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q oetrp
THE PuREsT Pearl.

THE FUkkEST PEARLs
Beside the church door, aweary and lone
A blind woman sat on the cold door stone;
The wind was bitter, the snow fell fast,
And q amocking voice in the itful blast
Seemed ever to echo her moaning cry
As she begged for aims from the passers by,
"Have pity on me; have pity, pray;
Ny back is bent and my head is gray"
The bells were ringing the hour of prayer,
And many good people were gathering there;
But covered with furs and mantles warm,
They hurried past through the wintry storm.
Some were hoping their souls to save.
And some were thinking of death and the
grave, % a8
And, alasl they had no time to heed
The poor soul asking for .charity's need,
And some were blooming with beauty's grace
But closely muflsd in wells Of lace,
They saw not the sorrow, nor heard the moan
OF herw sat on the cold door stone. G
At last came one of a noble name
By the city counted the wealthiest dame
And the pearls thatso'er her neck was strung
She proudly there to the beggar flung.
Then followed a maiden young and fair,
Adorned with clusters of rosy hair; i
But her dress was thin and scanty and worn,
Not even the beggar's seemed more forlorn.
With fearful look and pitying sigh,
She whispered soft. "No jewels have !.
But give you my prayers. good friends said
vi she, z8 Hssd 800
Sand surely know God listens to ne.'
On her peerweak hand, oshrunken and small
The blind woman felt q tear drop fall,
Then kissed it and said to the weeping girl, !,
at is ron that have given the purest pearl.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

b@ According to the Muscatine (Iowa)
Courier, the total sales of lumber in that
town this season amount to 100000
feet. At $40 .per thousand, this would
make the sum of So, 100000. Besides
the above, there is now in the river and
on its way to the above city, 100000
feet Of logs and lumber.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

sa-An old gentleman of ebster, Mass,
has ordered gravestone from marble
cutter of that town. The epitaph is as
follows: "Who never sacrificed MS rea-
son at the altar of superstitious God,
who never believed that Jonah swallowed
the whale"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

sA.A man in Tennessee offers to bet
500 600 that he can whip Cobusn and
McCoole down in the second round,
blind Coburn in the third, decapitate
McCoole on the eleventh. His name is
GLADDEN.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

wA young buck Of the soap-lock
order,who wore an uushaveu face, because,
as he said, at looked foreign" lately ac-
costed Yankee as follows: "Say, fellow,
some individuals think | am French
man, and some take me for an Etalyeani
now what do you think I amp "Waal
1 think you're darn'd fool,P replied
Jonathan. l 5R .s'
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

sa-A Virginia negro, according to an
exchange on hearing that Congress was
going to give land to the darkiesi said:
''Land de debbill Use free now, and don't
want no land. Use gwine to git wurms
and go fishing.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

SCENE IN PERFUMERs.- Sentimental
young lady to pesfumer: II don't think
YOU forwarded the scent meant, itseems
entirely different to that ordered. p
Perfumer, (who is fond of punning:)
MADAM, am sure that what you meant
I sent; the scent / sent was the scent you
meant; consequently, we are both of one
sentiment.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19
saGeneral Milroy attempted to speak

Ma General MilroS attempted to speak
in Winchester, few days ago, but made
a bad impression. He was Kissed and
hooted, but continued his remarks amid
cries Of aSpoons;" aSend Mrs. Logan's
silyerware home: 'aBah!p w here's John
Arnold's cow?', General Ewell's
comingl,' aYou never did any thing but
steal, and rob, and burn houses when you
we're in the ARMY Yes, yen helped
to make this valley waste" &c.,-not
very creditable either to the audience or
to the speaker. ~ eei. ns9a
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

49Thaproportion Of unmarried men
in the journalistic professional this coat,
try is said 70 be larger than any other
profession. An exchange thinks it is
because the newspaper men s'havn't time
to attend to such matters, = which is PER-
haps partly the truth.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19
~ In the town Of Coburg, New York ,tw

na- In the town of fCoburg, New York two
months ago, an infant was born
which weighed only one. pound. The
child is now in the third month of her
existence, and has gained pound and a
half. An ordinary sized gentleman's
fBger-ring will easily pass over her arm
to the elbow, and her shoes are just two
inches long. n
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

s@The New York Herald asserts that
Ben Wade somewhat profanely says he
won't back damned inch on the negro
suffrage question, and that hells full Of
such Radicals as feel weak kneed about
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

DR.. Guyon, Of Paris, has written
a paper for the Paris Academy ofScience
to prove that the disease of CHAMBERS can
be transmitted from the horse to man.
The Doctor relates cases which came
under his own observation.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19
nsyA correspondent, land we are sor

pW-A correspondent, (and we are sor-
ry to say, one Of the fair sex, has sent
US the following atrocity: "If my faith.
er's head we're divided into two equal
parts, what time of day would each por-
ton represent? Ralf-past eight (half
pas tete."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

ing IS full list OF the members or Doth
Houses-the names of Democrats in
small caps;
SENATE.
Benjamin F. Wade, of Ohio, President.
John W Forney, of Pennsylvania, Secretary.
MAINE. Term Ex. OHIO. Term tx,
Lot NJ Morrill,. 1859 BENZ F Wade. :. 1859
W Fessenden. 1871 John Sherman. .187 3
NEW HAMPSHIRE. INDIANA.
Aaron Il Cragin. 1871 T A HENDRICKS. 1859
Jas w Patterson. 1874 P Morton. lists
VERMONT. m ILLINOIS.
Geo F Edmunds. 1869 Richard Yates. 1871
Justin S Morrill, 1878 Lyman Trumbull, 1873
MASSACHUSETTS. MICHIGAN.
Charles Gunner 1860 Chandler 49,. 1859
Henry Wilson. 1871 J NJ Howard. ....1S7l
RHODE ISLAND. WISCONSIN.
VIM Sprague. 1859 J R DooIrrrLE. 1859
H B Anthony ..1S7l TO Howe. .....1873
coYNEcrIcUT. ir MINNESOTA.
JAMES DIXON. 1871 Alex Ramsey .. 1859
Orris S Ferry 1873 DAN NORTON. 1871
NEW YORK. IOWA.
Edwin D Morgan 1859 Jas W Grimes. j. 1871
Rosco Conkling. 1878 Jas Harlan -. 1873
NEW JERSEY. MISSOURI. oaf
I d 6SuQcroOu.s lOOJ
Alex G Cattell. 1871 Chas D Drake. 1873
s. PENNSYLVANIA. KANSAS.
C R BUcKALEw, 1869 EE Ross........1 1871
Simon Cameron. 1873 S C Pomeroy. 1873
DELAWARE. NEBRASKA.
JAS A BAYARD. 1868 Thos W Upton. 1859
w SALISBURY 1871 John M Thayer 1871
MARYLAND. ? NEVADA. ~
REvRRDr JOHNSON, 1859 VIM M Stewart 1899
B + THOMAS. 1873 Jas sWNye......1S73 w
WEST VIRGINIA. @ CALIFORNIA. &
P G Van Winkle, 1859 John Conness. ..1869
w 7 Wiley 1871 Cornelius Cole. 1873
KENTUCKY. OREGON.
JAS GUTHRIE. :. 1871 Geo 81 Williams 1871
GARREr DAVIS. 1873 h W. Corbett. 1873
| TENNESSEE. ~ COLORADO.
D T PATTERSON. 1869 John Evans
J S Fowler So. 1871 Jerome B Cbaffee
.Not admitted .....................3 Dem
REcAPITuLATIoN,
Republicans. .......42 Democrats. ..... IL
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

sea-The Postmaster General, it is an
nounced will soon recommend that all
mail drivers and letter carriers berequired
to wear particular uniform.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

p@Sir Hugh Pollock, late farrier in
cavalry regiment in Texas, sailed from
New York on Saturday, in the Steamer
Columbia, Cor Glasgow,to take possession
of the baronetcy left him BY the decease
Of his father.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19

@"Why is a kiss like a rumoF2'
Because it gees from mouth to mouth,
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XIV, s.
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
Published Every Tuesday.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
Two dollars per annum, invariably in adyan

10 b RaIsNTIN
Executed with nestness and dispatch at this
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19
FOrtieth Congress--Classified List
of Members.

The Fortieth Congress will reassemble
on Thursday, November 81. The follow
ing is full list of the members of both
Houses-the names of Democrats in
small caps: a sa
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-19
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Schuyler Colfax, Of Indiana, Speaker.
Edward Mcpherson, of Pennsylvania, Clerk.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-19
An Absurdity of Drinking.

1t has become q sort of popular
almost natiOnal-faith that it is not pos
sible to be truly happy unless you drink.
Among certain classes-and they are by
no means the lowest-drink is the begin
ming and end of everything. The very
name of liquor is held to be synony-
nous with enjoyment, and the dearer
the liquor the more it is priced and COW
eted. Yet every man who is not a
downright drunkard is well aware that
the pleasures of drinking are, beyond a
certain point, mockery, delusion and
a snare. put it to any one who has
stood half the night at bar, or sat half
the night in a club room. drinking,
smoking, and bandying reckless talk,
If the enjoyment of such an evening has
been anything like that of few quiet
hours spent at home with book or a
newspaper The evil influence of tav-
ern pleasure on the health is too OBJ
vious 10 be denied by any one, and the
| illusory nature of the pleasures them
selves would be undeniable also, if the
persons who indulge in them did not de-
ceive themselves, and put the truth out
of sight.
No one ever brought any good out of
q drinking bout yet. 1t is short, few
erish spasm of animal enjoyment, which
leaves nothing behind but moroseness,
regret, bad temper, self-reproach and
headache. should like to ask you, sir,
if you say your prayers when you come
home in that state No, you don't You
are ashamed to say them. You postpone
them until You have purged yourself,
your mind and your lips by more sober
and rational behavior. Next night when
you pass the hours quietly with a book
or friend you feelthat you have had
real enjoyment, and that the time has
passed pleasantly, that you have learned
something, and that you have not injur-
ed your health. You are not ashamed to
say your prayers and you get up next
morning with clear head, good ap.
petite, and an increasing facility fol-
work and enjoyment of life.-4U the
| Year Round
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-19
The Conversion s,vindI,

The Fifth Section of Senator SHER-
MANS funding bill, annexed TO the re-
port of the Senate Finance Committee
provides for downright public swim
die 1t authorizes the conversion of the
grcsnbacks into bonds bearing interest
in gold, at the rate of six per cent. an
nually.
The effect of this will be to make the
people pay S24, 900, 900 ofgold, annually
IN the shape of interest on portion OF
the public debt which now bears no in
trrest. 1t will cripple the business OF
the country by driving the greenbacks
oIt of circulation. They will be con-
yerted into bonds almost as soon as the
SHTRMAS bill becomes a law.
The benefit of the conversion will not
he reaped by the masses. The legal
tenders will be quietly gathered up, as
were the lO-4Os, by brokers and bank
ers, at no premium, and they will be
converted into securities that will bring
interest to the capitalist and speculator.
Even now there are but few greenbacks
in general circulation. The number
will be less under this scheme. The
few holders will be benefited, and the
general public robbed. We shall refer
To this plundering device again.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-19
DcmOratic and Conservative
state Convention.

The Democratic and Conservative voters oi
Vest Virginia, together with all Others who
ara willing to unite with them for the over.
throw Of RadiGalism in our State and nation, are
requested to meet in their respective counties,
,r ,rtownships at as early a day as may be expe'
l;,ut and select delegates 20 represent their
Counties in STATE CONVENTION, 10 he held
n WHEELING, on WEDNESDAY, JANUA.
RY srH 1865, at 10 o'clock A. N. 1t is recon-
,o,uded that two delegates, and as many alter.
mates. be chosen for each township.
ycur Committee call this Convention in view
+ 10 existing necessity for prompt and
.bcrcugh organization Of all the elements of op-
n.,,tiou to ls,dicalism in our midst. The glori-
an, results of the late elections in other States,
and the evident decline of the Radical cause in
w,., Virginia. assure us that by proper effort,
-, nav rescue our state from the grasp of her
y,..rnpulous rulers, and restore to our people
,be blessings Of just and economical govern.
,,,u;. We deem IL best to begin the work at
once. II YOU will give US your active and united
,i5 We cannot doubt of final success.
The Committee deem it proper to add that, in
addition to other business the State Convention
will choase four Delegates at large TO represent
We, Virginia in the next Democratic National
Convention: it will also nominate two Sena-
,or;,l Electors Of President aud Vice President.
lis likewise recommended that the Delegates
of each Congressional District in attendance on
.be Convent elect two Delegates to the Ma
,onsl CONVENTION, and appoint one Presidential
DANIEL LAM2 Chairman.
II. REILLY,
4. WILSON,
A. j. SWEENEY,
GEO. R. TINGLE,
State Executive Committee.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-19
SOUTHERN NEWS.

At Lynchburg, Va, pork at the pens
is held at s. so net.
At San Antonio, (Texas,) gas is made
from coal found in the neighborhood.
The Harrison Flag says that the immi.
grafton to Texas this year is beyond all
precedent.
The Edentown IN. CO. Transcript is
uging strongly the construction of o
railroad from that place to Norfolk.
The San Antonio (Texas,) Express says
that a party is being organized there to
emigrate to Honduras.
Corn is selling in Houston, (Texas,)
at IS cents in specie, and pork at s. per
cwt. in the same metal.
Rev. John Cosby, rector of st. Paul'i
Church in Petersburg, Va, has rendered
his resignation, which has been accept.
ed.
Sixteen hundred executions for State
taxes are in the hands of the Sheriff OF
Fairfield district, South Carolina.
Trains of wagons and families are
passing through Mississippi to Western
Texas, seeking "a better country than
this"
There is some yellow fever about
Baton Rouge, and the Sagdr Planter
says it will hold on until there is hard
freeze.
Great distress for want of food is re.
ported in Louisiana, and it is stated that
seven thousand whites and negroes arr
at the point of starvation.
The colored soldiers Of the 9th cayal
ry at Fort Davis, Texas, are dying fast
two or three every week, afflicted Will
loathsome disease.
Three thousand whites and four thou
sand negroes are on the point of starya
tion in Louisiana. 1t is said that Gen
ersl Hancock will apply to Congress fe
their relief:
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-19
Democratic Primary Meet
ingS.

AT the recent meeting Of the Democratic
Executive Committee for Ohio couatv, it was
Resolr,d That the Democratic voters in each
Township in Ohio county he requested to meet
at their wual place of meeting, ON SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 2'st, and elecUby ballot two dele
gates and as many alternates ia represent their
Townships in the State Convention to be held
on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY s, ls6s, the
meetings TO be held as follows:
Liberty Township at3P.
Triadelphia Township at Bpm.
Richland Township at Pm.
Washington Township at NJ.
Madison Township at 7P.n.
CLAY Township at Z N.
Union Township at T. N.
Centre Township at ! +. NJ
Webster Township at 4. N.
ldtohie Township at 7P. N.
The polls to be kept open for two hours, from
the hour It which the meetings are called.
G. BAIRD, Chairman.
WHYsLIN. December 6, 1861.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-19

WHEN raising calves for COWS, the
greatest care is necessary when they
have the first calf, as everything de-
peuds on the habits which they then ac.
quire. Also about the time they are
going dry, for the longer they can b5
kept in milk then, the longer they viii
give milk thereafter. They should be
MIXED perfectly clean at every milking
and in the Winter time, few turnip:
OF potatoes should be given in addition
to their other food, to increase the flow
of milk