The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-03

u The Qaeehs Cit is INST nOw enjoy
Ping dseAson Of dhiet tAat is not ex
asay ags eeabI & to he population, VIII,
NeAit q q ven mt lightening o
the purses, which quiet shows signs o
growing no better fast. 1t appears
that the wholesale trade of the West
heretofore almost totally monopolized
by the merchants of what was once
Porkopolis, is now divided with ST
Louis, Chicago, and little village
called Ihd Polis i HHted on W77hiftf
River, near the centre of the Territory
Itof Indiana. And, by the way, this
SANG little hamlet, which was almost
tinkIlnlpWn a few years since, is now
fhe terminus of some thirteen differ
aent railroads, and is as literally sup
'plIesdl with wholesale houses as a dan
'dyIis With cpIinchbeek jeWelry and She
IS probably ma making larger inroads in
TO the jobbingi business Of our city
ehap either Of the, othes cities mem
fionsd, and of course receives larger
share of abuse from, the papers here.
These same papers are using up q vast
deal pfffll pfl ip ipk, and pens and a small
lame5int of brains in attempting to ex- e.x,l-
plain the eanses of this loss in trade
giving as many and more different
reasons for it than there are members of
tho eprpseditoriai in the city. The ster-
ling Democratic. mopth-piece-the En-
j,qttrer--belieVes that tips because the
-city,is given over to Radicalism, and
consequently has lost the trade of the
business =mensef the South, who do
notGhoese to, patEenize the men who
endorse the reconstruction measures
under which they have been groaning
since the war closed, The Gazette
attributes the present stagnation in
business to the fact that while while Indian
apOliss Chicago and and ST. Louis, have
loaded shefIailroad carsIof the west
with runners soliciting trade for their
respective CITIES, Cincinnati sits with
folded aims, sszpeGting the prestige OF
former mepopolyt t9 de the b! business, S.
The Germam Volks6lattocontends that
the railroads are running the trade, by
charging such excessively high tariffs Il
on, ifreightsidand, calls upon them to
reduce theirrates; and enable the peo7
pie ,te,5 compete with those of the
rleishboring cities. The Commercial
says that, while there is some truth in
most of these position, ,athey are not
al, nor the main reason, which is the
lack of railway communication with
the Southern cities. 'Tis true we have
the river. which furnishes cheap trans
portatfonsto some partsHof the South,
but in this fast age this way is too
slow; and besides there are vast por-
tions of Kentucky and other Southern
States,z which now are inaccessible,
but which, if reached by rail, would
yield an immense revenue to our city.
The Cincinnatians are beginning to
see this, and efforts are being made1to
build. a road through EASTERN X en-
lucky to Kfoxville, Tenn, thus OPEN
ing TIP vast region rich in agiicultu-
raj and mineral wealth. baiaBatizy ;g5na
In politics there is of course very
littleste note. In the Republican cir
cles, the main questtonoseems to be
who will be the next candidate for
Governor? The friends of Vice Pres
idehT Wade are urging his nomination
on thesgreund that his ambition was
cut down, and he was cheated of his
justIdesertsAby the failure of the im+
peaGhmentT tTproject,Cand that his way
to thestomb should be smoothed by the
gmbernatorial perquisites; while those
Mhoi bend the suppliant, knee ITO Jim
Ashley declare thati is the only salve
that Twill heal the sEeunds- his vanity
receited in his late defeat in his race
forl Congress. GSomelidea of; his pop
ufarity may be formed bgnoticing that
while heW as defeatedrby several hun
dred Il Grant carried the district p by
a handsome majority Whoever their
candidate may be, he will have. a live
dy race, for the! Democracy ARE deter
mined to put upon the track at the
State Convention, which will proba-
tbly be held: on ther sSth of January,
the strongest manfin the party, ); and
itis. pretty certain that the corruption
of fhe Radical party will ruin itself,e
b9Infhis city they having a lively
fight overt the -loaHes and fishes, and SO
each wing shows UP so much .eorrup-
hfonudgainst the other, that the peo-
9p1e faressbeooming disgusted with the
whole set of city and ward politicians,
rand ;Volksblltt has come squarely
eata and saysiit Will bolt the ticket
and support a Democrat in preference
ITO dhes Neal clique, (which appears to
have theltpper7hand ijust now. .And
TO crownialf,l then Commercial ptunges
I'm behind the scenes, 1and, without re-
gapdfolrtile. t'pheelinks,n of the, Go
zette man2Tdrags tei.light9and. with a
skill seldom surpassed by "a disciple
iaf Ese4lapius, dissects and holds up
to the gaze of its astonished readers
scheme by which Armstrong has pill
-lageda,a nicer little sum from,the city
for falseIand eyercharges fer the eity's
ipl5ptipg,iuF Taking it all together it is
an affair tRota calculated to raise the
Republican party IN che estimation Of
honest tfolks. ,ioo4q-sq:s An ANDERSON 2qsRafsoq9Ar
Hoisse=ssae+ss = :. .4.-s. +7+,.-7- F;fqo
Attetnpt TO Break Jail. i:3 Isuru..
oTtA5Ferysshrewd but unsuccessful at
tempthWas nadeTitenbreakr Jail, j, on
Thtirsday.t0Arp partyliWas admitted to
seeIDavis, by one of the deputies, and |
when the-signalwas giyenIto let them
out, another deputy answered the call.