The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-05-26


Mormons are deserting Deseret for the
gold mines. e aisg a
Cough ihas performed $4,000 worth
in the last ninety days. .ag' ssH laais &
Chicago has invested S2,000,0O0 in
street railroads. gss
A, 7. Stewart retails 100000 worth
Of gloves yearly.
Thirty thousand letters are distributed
weekly at the Salt Lake post-ofice.
Beecher's income last year was 1885,
248. szah eas1 aa1ssfg. !
Disraei is said by the Jewish Messen-
ger to be an Unitarian.
William a. Buckingham will be chosen
United States Senator of the Radical
lie gislature of Connecticut, to replace
Dixon.
The statue of Thomas Benton, for
thirty years United Senator from Missouri,
will be inaugurated at st. Louis on the
9th instant, and unYaileG by his daugh-
ter, Mrs. General Fremont.
Green, the reformed gambler" has
been arrested for embezzling $4,000 of q
''lone widows fortune, " in Athens, Ohio.
Men Of his stamp who prate their con.
version for money, generally end as
they begun. ia7s : a
An Irishman, upon seeing a negro for
the first time, said: q
"Boy, sing us song"
Negro-"I can't sing no song massa." !" ;
Pat-"Then what the devil have ye
got yer legs set in the middle Of yer
foot ike lark, forP'' SlsFss g g
Charles e. Morse writes to the Amer
lean Anti-Slavery Society, from WASH
ington, that Grant is in favor of negro
suffrage, and will make it The ruling idea
of his administration if elected President
He also says Grant is for the tsconyic
ton" Of the President. Eiafl g s se
a Radical letter-writer writing from
Virginia thus gloats and lays happiness
to bis soul over the condition of the peo.
|ple of that State. Hear the God.and-
morality representative Of Radical Pur-
titan ideas: 1.-THE old nabobs here are al
ready lookingiseedy.l The tall stove pipe
hats are fading into brown; their coats
are threadbare or fringed. They drink
less often, but larger draughts. Their
tobacco pouches contain the coarser
twists or the bare STEMS Still, do not
think they have reached their lowest lew
|el." Certainly they shave not reached
their'lowest level" if there is any other
|inhuman, fendish and devilish infiction
that the Radical party can heap upon
them. As long as the Radical party can
oppress, the people 'of the South will
suffer worse than an Irish or Polish ep
preston. a,.s3 -sse s; 60
The Philadelphia Age has q theory that
Forney only offered his resignation IN ter
roren,, as who should say: aDare to ac-
quit this man, and from that hour you
lose the sweet boon of the ..counsel and
countenance Of Forney; otherwise, if you
will supply the hiatus in my accounts, ]
think I'll stay"
Capt. Pollard. II. n, who is. supposed
Ito have been the man who killed the man
who killed Nelson, has lately died in
Greenwich Hospital. in the same rank be
held at the battle of Trafalgar. T q
The noted Peter Cartwright delivered
lecture of bis personal recollections on
Tuesday night, in Chicago, where he is
lin attendance upon the Methodist Con,
ference.
Why is one Of the impeachment Man.
ayers a paradox Because he is about
well (BoutwelD and yet is very sick.
The Kansas Legislature has sworn in
| five ladies' as anrnllin q clerks. sam He 81