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THE Alabama Claims.

The settlement OF the claims of the
United States against England is to be
referred to four Commissioners,two from
each country, who are to hold their
meetings in Washington City. The
claims must be presented in six months
after tho first meeting and decided upon
within one year. dispatch from Wash
ingtonz saKss. e.5- 3a, --.
THE Convention divides the claims
into two. .chsses-one. Known as the Ala
bama claims and tile other class compris-
ing all other claims that Lave arisen be-
tween the two countries since tie treaty
of 1858. In the case of claims of the
second class the Convention declares
that a majority of the four Commission
crs shall decide, unless some one of the
Commissioners calls for an arbitrator,
thus leaving it optional with the Board
of Commissioners to have an arbitrator
ornot. as they choose; hut in the case of
the Alabama claims the Convention pro
vidcs that each and every one of the
claims shall be passed unanimously, and
not by a mere majority of the Commits
sioners, as in the case OF other claims
When one singl, Commissioner dissents
the claim must he referred to an arbitra-
TOR previously agreed upon, and the de,
cision of this arbitrator is TO be final"
Why notmake decision by a major
it's binding, and if-the Commissioners
were to be equally divided then to refer
the matter to an arbitrator. This would
he fair, Il is to be hoped our Govern,
mlents will insist on, perfect equality and
fair dealing. All this diplomatic wrig-
Cling is out Of place. 1t is 4 simple
question of damages, and the only way
to settle it ,satisfactorilyto the American
pcoplcisto present Tie bill and have it
,aid f17~-i - FScs B..f ais sa
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-08

ESThe ex-Queen of Naples, King
Bombino' wife, who has recently again
made application for divorce from her
husband, has talked about her intention
to do SO for the past six years; and it is
only owing to the supplications of her
sister, the Empress Elizabeth of Aus
tria, that she has hitherto desisted from
her purpose. Although the young ex-
Queen is still very pretty, her husband
never cared-anything about her. All he
wants her to do is to leave him alone as
much as possible, and not to disturb
him in his favorite amusements: smok
ing and playing cards with his aid-de-
camps. Her majesty is an irascible and
by far too s,irited little woman, and
at times she is said to swear like troo-
per: in this respect her husband is very
much like her; although decidedly qui-
ct and indolent, he rarely utters ten
words without adding an oath to them.
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Maj. Gen'l Commanding.
ssy- Paris lust now is, wondering .

sgr Paris just now is wondering at
the wealth of pretty actresses. How It
is gotten, the Lord-or, rather, the de-
VII knows! An actress of one of our
minor theatres, whose salary.is not S20a
month and whose fines usually amount
to three times her salary, a ewdays sinec
gave s6O, 900 fora lot on the Avenue
des Champs Elysees; She will build
mansion on itswhich will cost Sl00, ,000..
Mile. Blanche de Antigny, who plays
Fredgonde in the new musical extraya
ganza aChilperic," wears $50, 900. wsitth
ofdlamonds in onesznet, and sc, 600,
worth of turquoises inanother act-$S0-
600 of jewels displayed in one night.
She has just leased a rnuaien in tho
Avenus Friedland, for which she pays
$4,000 year rent. She has spent VA
600 in lace, silk and furniture for her
bedchamber alone. The other rooms
are furnishedin dn equally extravagant
manner.-Paris Letter.
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EgThe Emperor Of Russia has sent
to this country two civil engineers, with
instructions to make a complete examln-
alton. of the operations of the Pacific
and other great railways in the United
States. The Emperor contemplates
building railroad from China, across
Asia, to the capital of Russia, his pur-
pose being to prevent the United States,
with its railroads and steamships, from
monopolizing the whole China trade
These agents of the Russian Emperor
are in this country, preparing for win
ter's campaign in New England and on
the Plains. They will spend month or
two in New England, to learn the man
ner in which the railroad tracks there
are kept clear during the severe snow
storms. ..t ..-. .
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Muiserinss Before the Storm!
TFrom the Ohio Statesman, Dec. IL

+ TFrom the Ohio Statesman, Dec. |.
ALLEGED FRAUDS IN TIE BUILDING OF THE
NEW LUNATIC ASYLUM AT ATHENS.
The Cincinnati Commercial intimates
fraud in the giving ont of contracts by
the Trustees of the new Lunatic Asylum
at Athens.
The bids plastering and brick work
were awarded to firm consisting of
James Dale, of Cincinnati, and to Day
IL Sands-the DAY" being Col. d. w.
II. Day, of Columbus, and the Sands
the brother Sands, of Cincinnati, includ-
ing, as the Commercial says, "Alex.
Sands, the silent partner OF the late firm
of the two Bens-Ben. Wade and Ben.
Eggleston.' The contract, the CONNER
cial thinks, was unGaaly given to this
political firm. The same Sands Il Day
have the contract for making the brick,
and they are to make eight millions or
more. Thus far they have made half q
million, and Cincinnati brick layer is
the authority on which the Commercial
bases its statement that "they are hardly
fit for side walls, and that good job
could not he made with them. They
are described as rough and shabby, not
square or straight or properly burned"
The bids for brick work and plastering
rs awarded, will amount to $1S,13S Ga
the bid of Mr.. Megrue, declared high
est. to but Sl7,9S4 13.
The Scioto Gazette has correspond
ent, who, in speaking of the letting OF
the contracts for the new Asylum, says
''One thing We do know, having been
resident of Athens at the time, and
that is, that citizen of the place who
happened to ask a pertinent question
about the Asylum, was set upon by the
Ring who have manipulated that enter
prise, and was driven from the town at q
loss of several thousand dollars"
These facts, if facts they be, call loud
ly for Legislative investigation. The
whole concern is in Radical hands, and
Radical editors make the charges.
a correspondent of the Commercial,
some time since, had the following:
There is at least a possibility that the
Athens Asylum will be abandoned. II
is charged that.the Trustees of that in,
stitution have been eXtravagant, greatly
exceeding their estimates, and reducing
the amount Of rooms in the building
The burning of the Central Asylum will
also operate against the continuance OF
the work at Athens
If the charges made even approximate
the truth, there is danger of the whole
concern being abandoned.
The Marietta papers charge, with seem
ing truth, fraud in the location, and that
the land secured was without good title
to the State. In addition, it is charged
that the cost of the building will very
largely exceed the estimates, while the
accommodation for patients is not neal
as large AS is required by law In addi
ton to these, the charge of fraud in the
contracts will make thorough investiga
ton necessary, and if the charges are
substantiated, we have no hesitation in
saying that the building. will at once be
stopped, and, we doubt not, abandoned.
@-The Cincinnati Commercial Of
Monday has very ugly article on the
new Lunatic Asylum at Athens. Merely
to illustrate events, we shall reprint it,
next week.-Iarietta Times, Dec. 3.
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Central America.

President Castro, of Costa Risa, was
quietly deposed on the 1st of November
by Generals Salazar and Blanco, and
Senor Jimenez, the First Vice-President,
was placed in the Presidential chair. No
disturbance ensued, the revolution be-
ing accomplished so quietly that not a
shot was fired. Castro is accused of
having used undue influence to elect
Senor yollo, his kinsman, to the next
Presidency.
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The Eenian Congress-,

PHILADELPHIA, November 29.-Gen-
eral John O'Neil was unanimously elect
ed President Of the Fenian Brotherhood
at their Congress in this city.
The delegates pledged their entire sup
port to the plans submitted by him, and
resolved to use their influences to stop
all recriminations among Irishmen la
boring for the independence Of Ireland.
After a harmonious session, the Con-
gress adjourned this morning.
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80 80
T E L Z G. r A P II I C.
! Cuba.


Mail adyices under date Of November
81, state that the insurgents had had
many successes of late, capturing 1000
Remington rifles and 800, ,0OGin money,
near Puerto Principe, and completely
routing Colonel Quiros, driving him in
hot haste into Santiago de Cuba with a
loss of more than half his force. 1t was
stated that Puerto Principe had fallen,
but the government organs deny it. The
authorities are pinched for funds, and
their calls on the wealthy merchants to
support them are unheeded.
HAVANA, November 30-The official
account of the engagement between the
troops and the revolutionists on the oath
inst, is as follows:
The revolutionists attacked "a small
detachment of troops stationed in the
town of Villa del Cobre, near Santiago,
with their whole force, and succeeded in
driving them from their position. The
troops then took refuge in church.
Information concerning the attack was
sent to Santiago, and troops and vol
untecrs were Immediately forwarded to
Cobre. This reinforcement succeeded in
surprising the -revoutionists and retal1-
ing the town. The revolutionists lost
sixty-two killed and many Wounded
General Mareano, Dominican. COM
manding the rebels, was killed and Col
onel Perez severely wounded. The gov
ernment lost three killed and ten woun-
ded. Many dead bodies of revolution
lists have since been found in bitches.
All the. small detachments of govern
ment troops have been called together
to join the main army. |
Late advices from st. Domingo re
port all was quiet on the Haytien front
ier. The rebel General Ogando was Sc
verely wounded in recent skirmish.-
Colonel Hevia, another rebel, was pris-
oner and had been sentenced to be shot
at Azua, The government troops con-
tinued to'pursue with great activity the
dispersed bands of the Ogando faction
and had taken many rebel prisoners.
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The Overland MaiIS..Indfan Dep.
relations.

SAN Francisco, November,2S-Much
fault isfound with the manner in which
the newspaper mails are carried over
land. These mails, dispatched between
October l to November 2, with few
exceptions, scattered along the route,
ana will probably be ruined by exposure
to the weather -.ga-s ss--.s-
Arizona advices to the 18th inst, state
that the Indians are committing depre-
dations in every direction They had
attacked mail-rider and escort near
Wickenburg. They killed the rider and
captured two weeks Eastern California
mails.
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Walter isr0Hyn.

This renowned oarsman came down
the river yesterday in row-boat. He
landed at the wharf-boat about 4 o'clock
p, NJ, having rowed about sixty-five
miles. He is rowing on wager of 81,
900, conditioned that he is to make Gin
cinnati :. in eight days after depart
ing from Pittsburgh. lie. is quite a
young man--not more than five and
twenty. lie pulls. out again this morn
ing. The distance is all to be made in
daylight, His intention is to make one
hundred miles to- day. Mr.. Brown feels
sure of winning the prize. He has our
good wishes for his success.-Uheeling
Register, Sd inst. rr ~.ai5 .-st
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-08

ANOTHER MINING HORROR. terri
Bile explosion occurred in the Arley
mine colliery at Wigan, England, No
venber &c Three hundred men were in
the pit at the time, most, if not all, of
whom have perished. = Thirty-two bo-
dies have thus far been recovered. Hun
dreds of the relatives Of the dead are
gathered at the mouth of the pit, and
the scene is heartrending. eys -aloa
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The War in Paraguay,

LISBON, November 29.-The mail
steamer from Rio Janeiro brings the
following news from the war in Para.
quay: 5.ta.
The Brazilians had sent column OF
II, 200 men across the Gran Chaco for
est to attack the position of Lopez at
Viletta in flank. The Marquis De Cax-
las was awaiting the dGvelopement of this
flank movement to attack the river bat
teries with his fleet Of iron-clads, and
force communication with the army in
Gran Chaco.
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Negro In Congress.

The vote of Louisiana has been can
yassed and black Negro named MA
NARD, given the certificate for the un-
expired term of Congressman MANN. r
White Men! How do you relish the
fact that an ignorant Negro will vote to
make your laws this winter? That's
Radicalism in its purity. s--.r.
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The other day 13 head of cattle were
killed by grazing in corn-feld near Mel
rose, Wis, in which several smut ears
had been left .o r,..
The Cheyenne Leader says ninety-two
antelope, killed by two hunters in two
days, were shipped to Omaha the other
day.
There are / ,150 convicts in the Illinois
State Penitentiary. 1t is remarkable that
not a single revenue officer is stated to be
among the number.
Edward Spicer, one of the Oldest set
tiers of Dale County, Iowa, hanged him.
self on account of financial troubles, a
few days ago.
The Orangebmg IS. C.) News says
that the negroes thereabouts are indis-
posed to contract for another years la
Dor. looking for forty acres Of land
apiece from the next Administration.
The cotton factories of Texas are
said to be in prosperous condition, their
stock selling at from 200 to 2,0l5 per
cent.
The rice crop of Plaquemine parish,
Louisiana, is this year the largest and
best ever made. The rice planters will
ship to market over $4,000 barrels (2SO
pounds eaeh) Of clean rice. The sugar
crop of that parish is expected to amount
to 10000 to l2,000 hogsheads. 30"
The Radicals in Congress are expected
to pass suffrage act of two sections, at
their next meeting, as follows: Section
l. None but loyal men can vote. Sec
ton .. Loyalty consists in voting the
Radical ticket
The King of Sweden has announced
that hereafter no capital execution shall
take place in his kingdom, and if the
death penalty be not abolished by law it
shall not be enforced by him. lei III,
A few days since in Wilmington, ~ c.,
Child of Mr.. Isaac Northrop died, or
at least supposed to be dead, and a short
time after the supposed corpse was wash
ed and laid out it revived, and the child
is now doing well. ri 'saaa
The Home Journal tells Of set of
furs for sale in Union square, New York,
for which one thousand dollars in gold
are asked The set consists only of a
mufr and small collar, and is made of
the choicest sable skins ever imported.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-08

Two young men of the senior class at
Dartmouth were recently suspended, and
a large portion of the class escorted
them, with band of music, to the cars
For this thirty-one members of the class
were themselves suspended till they
should make-a satisfactory apology to
the faculty. The required apology was
soon made aatz' 81. sa1-t t--a - h9s
The Union Pacific road conveyes
passengers ,430 miles from Chicago
".Oniy ten days to California" is adver
tised by the company in connection with
thc Wells Fargo Express. '} st
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-08

LIBEL.-Henry R. West, editor of the
Woodslield Spirit of Democracy, as we
learn, has been Indicted in Athens coun-
tr, touching. matters of his scandalous
and unwarrantable personalities in the
late political canvass, relating to Hon.
f. ii. Moore and Gen. L. L. Wildes.-
Marietta Register.
"Unwarrantable persoualities" consis-
ted inpublishing written communications
setting forth MooRE's delectab!eJbusiness
practices, and WILDEs' abusive speech of
Monroe County soldiers at Matamoras,
Ohio. -E
The fact Of our having been indicted,
as 4 threat, is eagerly snapped up by
such ''small creatures" as the editor of
the Register, whom we have lashed into
giving their readers the truth once in q
while. go.
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Grant.

Democrats should not fatter them
selves that GRANT will betray the Radi-
Gals by playing false as did JOHNSON. In
the Stanton-W War-Department affair, he
received a brand which forever links
him with the desperate policy of the JAG
obins. uR .a- ts.r -Ef .s-. 30 ss-
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VIENNA, November 29.-The Austri-
an Government has fitted out and .des-
patched an expedition to sail around the
world. 1t is under the command OF
Karl Sherzer.. The objects of the en-
terprise are to introduce the products Of
Austrian industry into distant ports, and
extend the commerce of the Empire
The expedition is under special instruc-
tons to visit the principal ports of Chi
na and Japan, to proceed thence to Cal
ifornia, and to cruise along the South
American coast %
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''a The nine Congressional Districts in
kentucky went Democratic by the fol
lowing majorities: First, 1896; Sec
ond S,58s; Third, 6,976; Fourth, H.
400 Fifth. IS, ,593; Sixth. 1851; Sew
enHl, 10,52l Eighth, 4Sl; Ninth, 3,63sl
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Report OfGeneral Sheridan ON lns
dian ODerattOns, ICON

ut1h OpcEstttOh1Ss- -~-A
ST. LOUIS, December 2.--lFhesfolowS
ing official report Of the recent 1ndiS6
battle has been received at military heade
quartersss ia,sss 81 issss eds "a
DErARTaENT NoRfH C CANADIAx RfyEEfss
siJUNeTIeN BEAVER CBBEK sssa15es
INDtANTERRIroRY, Novembor 29nnsts
To Bfeyet Major Gen, " A. Nichols, A.aAsdy
Military Division of the MisseufE 49, - -
GENBRAL,LaI have the honor TO. srepors
for the information of the LieutenSns
General the following operations of Gen.
eral Custers command: On November
23d, l ordered him to proceed with elev-
en- companies Of his regiment the s7th
Cavalry, in a sohtherly direction. toward.
the.Antolope Hills, in search Of the hos
tile Indians. Onthe 26th, he struck the
trail of a war party of Black Kettles
band, returning from the north near
where the eastern line of the Panhandle
of Texas crossed the main Canadian
He at once corralled his wagons and fol-
lowed in pursuit over to the head waters
of the Washita thence down that stream
anu on the morning of the 9th surpris.
edsthe camp of Black Kettle, and affersa
desperate fight, in which Black Kettle
was assisted by the Aarrapahoes, under
Little Raven, and the Kiowas, under Sam
tanta, he captured the entire camp kill
ing the,ehief, Black Kettle, and one hun
dred and two warriors, whose bodies
were left ON the field, all their, stock, aiir
munition, arms, lodges, robes, and fifty<
three women and their childrenansDhr
loss was Major Elliot, Captain Hamilton
and nineteen enlisted men killed, and
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Barnitz (bad-
lyS sBreset Lieutenant Colonel j. w.
Custer, Second Lieutenant q. Marsh and
eleven enlisted men wounded. Little
Ravens band of Arrapahoes and SAM
tant's band of Kiowas .weres encamped
six miles below Black Kettles camp.
About 500 or 900 of the animals captur.
ed were shot and the balance kept for
military purposes 80. -. -i "a = 's''''' i''s'
The highest credit is due General Gas
ter. and his command. They started in
furious snow storm: and travelled oil
the while insnow about two inches deep.
Black Kettles and Little Ravens families
are among, the prisoners. It was Black
Kettles band who committed the first
depfedations on the Saline and Solomon
rivers, in Kansas. The Kansas regiment
has just come in. They missed the trsa
and had to struggle in the snow storm.
the horses suffering much in flesh ard
the men living on buffalo meat and other
game for eight days. We will soon have
themlin good condition. II. We tcsa Get
one or two more good blows there will
be- no more Indian troubles in my
department.. We will be pinched in abil-
ity to supply and nature will present
many difficulties in our winter operation,
but we have stout hearts and will do our
best Two white children were recap
tured. One white women and one boy
10 years old were brutally murdered by
Indians women when the fight commsn.-
ced. =. So. - u. = p. H. SHERIDAN,
Maj. Gen'l Commanding.
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New YORK, December Fort Lafay.
ette was almost entirely destroyed last
evening, by the explosion of a lot of
shells in the centre of the fort, No one
was hurt. The fire is still burning The
fort has recently been garrsoned only
by sergeant guard from Fort Hamilton,
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MADRID, November pa great re-
publican demonstration was made here
at the close of last week. The young
men of the city held a meeting, and,
amid mbounded enthusiasm, passed
resolutions protesting against excluding
from the franchise all persons twenty
five years of age. People to the num-
Der of fifteen thousand crowded the
square where the meeting was held, and
every allusion made by the speakers to
the Republic was received with tremen-
dous applause. "' t-zaa '
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GEA Washington dispatch says tha
the British Legation has at length pro-
dnceda Bill against the United States
Government, as an'offset to the Alabe-
ma claims, amounting to 81. .000, 900.
being for damages alleged to have been
sustained by British SUBJECTS In n4ths
South during the rebellion.
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LONDON, November 29.-The appre-
tensions of bloodshed in Spain are in
creasing. It is thought that collision
between the monarchists and republi
cans will be the inevitable result of the
excited political contest now in progress
Meantime the patriotic fervor of the ma
ton is unabated. A despatch from
Madrid states that the subscriptions BY
the people to the national loan now
amount to 100000 reals.
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PARIS, November 2S.-The Patrie
says the Corps Legislatif will meet on
the 4th of January. - f.,..
The publisher Of the Lille Progress
newspaper was fined five hundred francs
and sentenced to a months imprison-
ment for publishing list of the sub
scriptions for the proposed monument
to Baudin in the cemetery of Mont Mar
tire. - . q.
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If. Mr., Colfax is as popular with
his new wife as he is with the rest of the
people of the United States, his domes-
tic felicity is assured by a large majority.
Cincinnati Times.
Let him buy the Athens Messenger
office and run it for six months, and see
if his popularity can be sustained. Why
the Ku-KluX over in the Great Com,
monwealth would gobble him up before
he could get his seat well warmed, un-
less he proved. a better X. X. than they
are. We dare him to try it oncc-just
for fun.-Sciotn Gazette.
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EEAll experience proves that those
who have the least character, and that of
the worst, are generally the first to rush
to the courts to recover for damages
done to it by its eypt Ire. 1ts -
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EFThc Radical theory of the suf
frage question may be summed up in a
very few words: it is to take the ballot
from as many white men as possible, and
givc-it to- every negro.
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90 g EDWARD A. PoLLARD is intRich-
mond and has published card demand
ing that justice be metcd ont to the mur-
derer Of his brother. ..r..4.