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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
From the New York World.
Llberian Slavery and Polygamy.

On the 18th inst, we hoped that
some information might be vouch-
safed us as to whether we were cor
rect in assuming the following state
of affairs under the negro government
OF Liberia 70 be the fact
I. That slavery exists in Liberia.
II, That polygamy exists In Liberia,
III. That no white man is, under
any circumstance, allowed to vote in
Liberia.
". That no white man is allowed
to hold land in Liberia for purposes
OF trade or private enjoyment.
V. That no negro is allowed to vote
in Liberia, save under educational
and property qualifications.
In the Tribune on the 18th instant
appears the subjoined:
"Ex-President Roberts, of Liberia,
now in this country soliciting aid for
the Liberian College, Of which he Is
President, states that that republic
has made conqueSts of the interior
tribes until il now has g total popula-
ton of 600,o00 souls, of whom only
about $4,000 are emigrant negroes
from America. It is q singular and
atrocious fact, now first coming to the
knowledge of the public, that this re-
public, founded as an asylum OF free
dom for emancipated slaves, has per-
mitted the continuance of slavery
among the interior tribes which it hss
conquered on very extensive scale.
President Roberts is quoted as admit
ting that the wealth of the interior
chiefs, like that of the savage tribes
of a frica, is measured by the number
OF their wives and slaves. Efficient
steps should be taken to rescue Libe-
ria frem this lapse into q slaveholding
province and it will be we'll for those
who are solicited in the name of free
dom and humanity to contribute to
Liberian College to inquire whether
the gratuitous education of the sons
of these slaveholding chiefs may not
lnure TO the growth OF slavery rather
than of freedom"
1t is here seen that slavery and DO
lygamy, those twin relics of barba-
rism, exist rankly in this negro re-
public-a republic started under the
fairest auspices, upheld by Caucasian
wealth and sympathy, and vet re-
back into saVagery from the fatal ina
bftity OF the negro to any government
outside of sensuality and force. -t'E6i-
cient steps, "says- the Tribune, ''should
be taken to rescue Liberia from this
Hlapss into q slaveholdinS province"
Bah! Does the Tribune not know
that it and its eO-thinkeFs, when they
had charges of this republic, recognized
these pOlygamous, slaveholding, bar
barous blacks, as an independent SOW
ereignty, and as such made treaty
with them; and how, then, does it
purpose to intermeddle with their do
mestic concerns? The negro has but
fallen to his level The wind has been
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
From the Dublin Natinn.)
THE ROSEMARY CROWN.

waiting In sorrow. and mourning
Waiting through gloomiest night;
Clad in the robe of the cypress
Craving for beauty and light.
Centuries lifted the nations,
And hurled wrong pinnacles down;
Yet still holy Ireland is waiting,
And wearing the Rosemary Crown.
Obi the fulnsss of joy in the hoping,
The rich light which fancy had dreamed
Whence once for the lapse of moment
The sunlight of liberty streamed.
How we planted the flag on our towers,
And waved it DER mountain and town
But, alas still the cypress was blooming
Alas for the Rosemary Crown.
And lonely, and lonely, and lonely,
A watcher still sat by the sea,
With face as the while marble palid,
And eyes gazing mournfnlly
With hands lifted up in appealing,
What God would His mercy send down,
And the leaves of the laurel be shining
Where rested the Rosemare Crown.
We gave her the song of the poet,
We gave her the work of the brain,
Cast the glory or Heaven around her;
Yet all our work was insane.
{ She is dead" said the scoff of the stranger,
A laugh for the cynical clown.
All little he knew the wild passion
Long hid in the Rosemary Crown.
Now, the love and the hope of a world,
Dear Mother thy children have brought
The hard-handed strength of the soldier,
The blade of the mind full of thought;
The earnestness martyrs have taught Us,
The strength of their glorious renown--
To the graves of the dead shall be borne
The leaves of the Rosemary Grown.
Weep not I tits the hour of the dawning
Weep not we are ready to save
Nor reck of q newer heart broken,
Nor reck of another fresh grave.
Ger the graves we have marched in the past
time,
Der the graves of the dead still are bound,
Till the deaVes of the bay shine as fairly
Aa darkley the Rosemary Crown.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
A Reconstructed State.

Florida has been ''reconstructedn
by the Radicals. Their. policy, as re.
CARDS the State, is said to be highly
successful. One OF the New York
papers puts the success in this light /:
Mr.. Reed, Of Wisconsin, now ttGov
ernor" of Florida, and impeached by
the Legislature thereof, was a small
jour- alist and = Whig. Mr.. Gleason.
of Wisconsin, now Lieutenant Gov.
ernor OF Florida, was q lumberman
and Democrat. The State negro
made constitution ESQ called) to keep
ali power in the Wisconsin CARPET
baggers, concentrated upon the Gov
ernor the whole patronage of the
state with enormous salaries. In the
distribution Of this patronage, the
Wisconsin Reed offended the Wiscon-
sin Gleason, whersupon the latter,
through one Jenkins, got up in "the
Legislature" called to vote fer Grant
and Colfax, articles of impeachment.
Reed ignores all this and denounces
1t, but Gleason claims to be Governor
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
From the London Standard, Nov. 6.l
The Presidential Election.

The practical suppression of Fl eedom
OF voting In several States, the en-.
fr2nchisement of hundreds Of thou
sands of Ignorant negroes and the
disfranchisement of large proportion
Of the people of the South, the pos
session by the Radicals of the execu-
tive power, and the control of the
polling booths in most of the States,
and their notorious readiness to abuse
that power, compelled the Democrat
ic party to fight the battle of constitu-
tional government and reunion at q
terrible disadvantage. In the mod
Grafton, good sense, and principle of
the new President, and in the formid-
able strength of his opponents-which
he will not forget merely because 1t is
uurepresented at Washington-lies
the only hope for the restoration of
The unhappy South and for the even
tual safety OF the Union. The more
complete the victory of the Radicals
the worse is likely to be their use Of
it, the only check upon their exeesses
lies in the power which such a mod
orator as General Grant must derive
from the knowledge that on any
question on which ne may differ with
Congress he will probably have a ma
jority Of the people on his side. 1t
was the absence Of that silent but
strong support that rendered nugStOry
the Well-meant EFFORTS Of Mr. johnson (;
his successor is at once q stronger man
and holds a stronger position.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
Ohio Legislature.


Both branches of the Ohio LegisIa-
ture adjourned last night after their
three days session, having completed
all the legislation necessary to be done
The patients belonging to the Cen
tral Lunatic Asylum, deprived of their
home by the burning of the Asylum,
were properly cared for, and the laws
necessary for that purpose were pass
ed Arrangements were made to have
all the necessary facts laid before the
Legislature in regard to the condition
OF the walls, the cost Of rebuilding the
Asylum, the time when it can be fin-
1shed, DC. In the meantime such ar
rangements were made as will secure
the walls and move off the debris of
the burned building.
a senate committee, consisting of
Messrs. Scribner, Everett and Linn.
was raised to sit during the recess to
codlty and to report amendments to
the laws regulating cities, towns and
villages, a work that If well perforIu-
ed, and from the ability of the com
mlttee, we have no doubt on the sub
tect, will soon be one of great benefit.
The appropriations demanded by
the Governor in his message were
made and these things done, the two
houses adjourned to. meet on the 5th
OF january next, to enter upon the
regular duties OF the session.-Iqtss-
man, 2skh.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
Che penocrat.
wEDNEsDAY:::::::.D DECEMBER 9.
A. McGREGOR, EDITOR.
Tn. Cost of the Frsedm.n's Bureau.

The Freedmen's Bureau, according
to the report of General Howard, lust
made, has expended So, OF, 600 during
th5 last official year. General How
ard says that there is no necessity for
continuing the Bureau beyond Janu-
airy l, 1869, at which time il exDires
by Congressional limitation, He.
however, recommends the continu.
ance of the Freedmen's Hospitals at
Washington, Richmond, Vicksburgh
and New Orleans, the estimate for an
which amounts to only $50, 900. The
educational work, and that Of aiding
freedmen to collect their claims as al.
ready provided by law, should CON
tlnue till further action is had bv
Congress. 1t is stated that the Bu-
reau will have surplus funds enough
to go on in this work without further
appropriations, The school expendi-
lures during the past year were
g, 600, 600, OF which the freedmen paid
$360,ONO Northern benevolent socie-
ties. $780, 600; the Bureau $94, ,OOO-
the taxes of the people paying the re-
mainder.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09

voice, that clearly sounded in the hall.
Charles, duke of Milan. you are to be
judged for two things. First, for belong
ing to an order called the League of Twelve:
secondly, for wishing the murder of Pedro
di Alberto. What say you Guilty or not
guilty p
',NOt guilty. Idaro you to show proofs, g
said the dukes.
witness, come forth 2" exclaimed the
chief
Pedro di Alberto and Voorn advanced
with covered face.
"The dead is alive - cried the guilty
man, sinking senseless to the stone floor.
Stimulants revived him, and he was put
to the rack. While under that horrible tor
ture, he told all that he knew all about the
League of Twelve. AS he was expiring he
called Pedro to him, and said:
Pedro, l have Wronged you. Heaven
forgive me !" and his soul left his mangled
body.
Before another month had passed, the
Legue of Twelve was extinct. Ono by one
the members has stood in the chamber of
the ten, and died on the troubling machine.
? Pedro di Alberto continued IN the service
OF the ten until it was DESTROYED when he
went to Genoa. where he psrished by the
hand of bravo.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
MIsrepresented,

The New York Herald, in speaking
OF our affairs IN South America saws |:
The truth is, we have been most
sadly and disgracefully misrepresent-
ed IN South America by our Giplo
matte corps. It has been q very rare
thing for any one of them to be re-
spected among the people to whom he
may have been accredited---stilI rare
since Mr.. Seward has made South
America house of refuge for dipIo.
matte oh-scOurings. There are but
few South American states where an
American gentlemen would think of
paying his compliments to our Min
lsteIs as he passed through the capt.
tails where they reside. At Paraguay
there never was any necessity for a
minister, and much to our shame the
first Oneiwe send there disgraces us.
1t Is not, only Paraguay, but to our
honorable relations with every State
and the honor OF the diplomatic corps,
that Mr.. Washburn have q fair trial,
and, If proven guilty OF the charges
enumerated by the Paraguayan Min
lister OF Foreign Affairs, that he be
disgraced and declared unworthy of
holding any office in the gift of the
United States
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
Public Sale.

The subscriber will offer for sale, in
the City of Washington, on the 4th
day of March next, Between the hours
or ten o'clock, A. NJ, and four O'Clock
p. NJ, of said day, all the moveable
property and effects of the Black Re-
publican party, including q very
large and costly Negro Bureau, to;
gether with all the platforms used by
the party since 1866. Sale without
reserve, as am bound TO dispose OF
the whole concern, and invest in new
stock. My agents, A, 7. Stewart and
Thurlow W eed will give any informa-
ton required by purchasers. Terms
made known on day of Sale. C-
,- --.-..-.s. HIRAM q. GRANT.
P.S. No postponement on account.
of weather. CI.aIrfOrd 90. Forum.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
Burning of Menager1e Building IN
Ph1iadelphla-Wld Beasts at Large
in the Streets.

A fire broke out on Ridge avenue.
In the Twentieth Ward PHILADELPHIA.
on Saturday night, which soon spread
to three story brick building, occu-
pied as winter quarters for Fore.
paugh's menagerie of wild animals.
The North american says:
1.-The place was kept at tropical
temperature, and in it were the cages
OF such beasts and birds as cannot en-
dure exposure 10 cold. The flremen
dashed into the building and placed
the cages upon the sidewalk. while
their flour barrel streams were de-
scending upon the roof. The poIice
found no difficulty in keeping back
the dense throng of people gathered
around. a wild cry was raised. "A
tlger is loose! A tiger is out of his
den y Description fails IN depicting
the rush that followed, The alarm
was well grounded. Discovering her
own strength in the extremity Of her
fear, tigresS had forced the slender
iron railing of her cage and disap-
peared in the darkness. A wolf was
the next to get loose, and, lastly. a
large and splendid leopard, the hest
animal In the collection.
Tho shrieklng women and chill
dren, and a large proportion of the
men, had fed in terror from the vi
cinity.- 1t was a mercy that the ami
mals were scarcely less terrified than
the neelng women. The employees
OF lhe menagerie started Off with
nets, always kept for the purpose TO
recapture their animals. In one In
stance, where bar was loose from
one OF the cages, and tiger was en-
deaVorlng to make his exit, two men
stood By the opening with clubs. and
peat back the animal until one of Mr..
Forepaugh's employees reached the
scene and replaced the bar, A lion
succeeded In getting free, but as the
huge brute was about to pass down
the street some of the firemen seized
a large packing box, and, throwing it
ovef the dangerous customer. held
him prisoner until after the fire was
eXtinguished
Inc tlgreSs was found in the. ceilar
OF building about two squares dis.
tant from the fire, where she had taken
refuge she was easily ca ptured. The
leopard ran up Jefferson street To
twenty first, where he mounted the
steps of the house of a physician, and
walked through the entry, passing
Two or three ladies. who supposed the
oesss was large dog, one of them
administering a kick as he pas ed.
less than minute the STRANGE beast
was discovered to be a leopard. The
house was speedily cleared, and some
or Mr.. Forepaugh's assistants subse-
quently entered the premises and Sc
cured the frightened animal.
Mr.. Forepaugh estimates his loss at
between $50, 900 and 10000. He had
not one dollar of insurance upon his
property; Mr.. Forepaugh had very
large collection of animals, show
wagons, harness, tents, and trappIngs
necessary to make up complete trav
ellng menagerie, comprising almost
the entire show which was recently
exhl0ited as Dan Rice's. Two or
three cages or animals were destroyed
One OF them contained several fine
specimens of monkeys, The other was
MI ndled with foxes, ,raccoOns,a ,aud wolves.
Inc rest OF the menagerie Is in New
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
A white Mans Government" in Mon
roe County.

We find the following in the N. Y.
Tribune of the 18th inst:
"a correspondent informs US that
the late Democratic Legislature of
Ohio having enacted that no device of
any kind should be printed on the
ballOts-nothing but the bare names
of candidateS-and the Democrats OF
Monroe County having headed their
ballots "The White Mans Govern
ment," the State canvassers have been
constrained to reject them all, return.
ing the Republican candidates as elec.
ted in that Democratic stronghold" 1"
We have heard nothing Of this
violation of the law OF the last Leg
islature before. If it should prove
true our friends ought to contest the
election of county officers in Monroe
County. II the Democratic tickets
were headed as alleged, "The White
Mans Government" it was a clear
violation of the law. This is carry
ing Democracy too far.-Athens Hes
se7lger.
Certainly, there is no such thing
any more as the "The White Mars
Government !" it is now as Wendell
Phillips said previous to the.election /:
'The Negro has elected his Presi-
dent" therefore tits "The Negroes
Government"
In reply to the Tribune, we shall
use the language OF its editor, Gree
ley: You lie, you villain, you lie.n
1st. The tickets in Monroe County
were headed Democratic State
TIcket.'
I'd, The State canvasSers ''have"
not "been constrained to reject" any
of them.
Sd. "The Republican candidates''
have not been returned 'as elected
in that Democratic stronghold"
4th. The Tribune should have better
posted correspondents, and Greely
would better read the election law Of
Ohio, befors commenting thereon.
5th. The comments Of the Athens
Messenger are unworthy Of notice.
Spirit Of Democracy.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09

let cut of the Man and Brother, and
he appears in his natural narrowness
as a many-concubined, many-slaved
savage. Wherefore, then; does the
Tribune want cur ships and soldiers
sent to Senegembia to lift him out of
bimself? The thing is an infraction
of the Law of nations to begin with.
1t is a filibustering expedition that
the Ht6uHe meditates, and it is the
authorities to prevent the criminal In
tent bodying itself forth in action,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
A Sound Greed.

The National Intel iyencersays:- 1--WE
believe the American Union to be in
tact We believe that the same state
rights belong to South Carolina that
belong to Massachusetts,. We believe
therefore, that the control of suffrage
within her borders Is as absolutely the
right of South Carolina as it is the
right OF Massachusetts, We affirm the
Independence of the Executive, the
Independence of Congress as mutual
checks and balances the one upon the
other."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
Statues in the Capital.

The Hon. James Emmett, Senator
from the Pike district, placed in the
Hotunda of the State House, at Co
lumbus, on Wednesday, two beauti-
tul statues aeeently received from
Europe. Mr.. Emmett made an ex-
tended tour Of Europe few years
since, and purchased and sent home
a large number of choIee pictures and
statuary, which embellish his house
and grounds at Waverly.-StatesnaGn.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
pisranohisement IN Wi,sour1.

The State of Missouri viii cast her cleo
toral vote for GrGnt in opposition to the
wishes of a large majority of the people of
that State. The following from the st.
Louis Republican shows why the Stste went
Republican
Running the eye over the list of counties
we observe that in Jackson 493 votes were
rejected, Boone l, 949, Buchanan 74O, Clin-
ton 341, Cole 164, Jefferson 167, CAllaway
l,66O, johnson 14S, Marion 800, Monroe
33J, Platte 600, Pattes 385, Howard 100,
&c; sc, Not a county in the State that
We have heard where there have not been
citizens rejected and disfranchised of per-
sons who have applied for registration,
answers all the questions of the registrars,
and taken the oath of loyalty, there have
not been less than 20, 900 so disfranchiesed.
Fully $4,000 more citizens, at the least cal
culation, would not apply for refused, al
though thousands of them could conscien-
tiously take the test oath.''
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09

BUTLEn fairly drove the mule-thief, Gen.
Fitzpatrick, out of his Stable or district, by
threatening to publish the evidence of his
mule-steahng, for which Lincoln locked him
up In the Old Capitol Prison It is said that,
when thieves fall out honest men get their
dues" Not so this time, for although one
thief ran, the other was elected to Congress.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09

TALL CUssING. South Carolinapaper
tells the following anecdote of one John r
a humorist OF Talbot Co., Ga ;-He was in
the bureau office at Butler last fall, looking
over some old tax books, when, anegro who
had some difficulty with his employer, en-
tered, and inquire if he was '1de bnro. {"
'Hes, said he, 81 am the man." Gwen
boss, / come to see bout a fuss I had wild
the man l worked wild, Dir. B. You see.
boss, axed him two weeks ago how much
money and things got in dc store, and he
told me $3.50. Well lass week | goes to
town and buy three or four dollars wuf OF
things, and den he says owe him $3.50
and when l told him dat can't be so, he
cussed--." What did he cuss you2n asked
M,, excitedly, turning over the leaves of the
tax book. Yes, boss, he cussed me twice. -
+'Wel, said NJ, hurriedly snatching up a
pen, and making some marks On the book.
Il fine him 80 for that" "Look-a-here
boss" said the negro, eagerly, Edoes
dey have to pay for cussing' us pr s'Yes,
"a. 90 for every time they cuss YOU" 'Den, F"
said the colored individual, rising solemnly,
and putting his hat carefully on the table.
= fore God boss, he dun cuss hia whole crop
out, and Use gwin home to collect my
money" The negro made shell road time
back to his employers, told the negros OF
their good fortune, and the result was that
every one went TO Butler next day to know
about this ''clss money" The Buro had
some trouble in convincing the new made,
enlightened voters that 'Ecussinen was NOT
taxable.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-12-09
MEDICAL.
nLD ESTABLISHED HOSPI-
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QUICK CURES and Low PRICES.
Twenty Thousand Cured Annually.

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- As old established Hospital. No. Beaver street.
Twsnty years devoted TO this particular branch OF
practice. enables him to perform cures such no
ether physician and his facilities such Ibe-
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of the Testeles. and Spermstic Cords, Bubo, Ulcer
nted Throat, sore Nose, Tender shin Bones. Cuta-
nso1s Erlptions. Bes. Ulcers Abeesss and al oth-
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married and the married happy. lecture on Love
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