The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1868-12-28
FROM CINCINNATI.
Correspondence Of The Democrat.
The News In Britf-The Reno TRACE
dy--Ben. -Business-I'hea at
rical Gossip-The Rang, ETC., etc.

Sala-nrither 10 it from Mack the i'll
iu.isahsc correspondent Of the Cincinnati.
enquirer. And when you know it i,
frNm neither Of the above nolablcs. you
will be aware that it is not til. ne pt"s
ultra of letters. As writist your cor
respondent has never been accused q
being u success: nevertheless, II at any
time could write anything for your val
uadle paper which would lie OF interest IT,
your many readers, | would gladly do 50
drop To you thi, ''com" merely as Il
irelci, to Fee if caL be Of any use TO you
or your readers.
Now the only great difficulty that ez'
pcricncc in writing is at times like the
prrsrut, when there is really n0rl.img to
write about. Herein differ IRON Mack
Ssla anu Townsend Strange, You will
say, but still It's true. But to business
The ulonotony which has held MS dui!
sway over the city tor the past few weeks
was broken broken yesterday by he ar
rival of the three great captains an,.
their Matis-tienerals Grant, Thomas AM;
>chofrld They were stopping al thu
Burnctt House. where la,ge number OF
the citizens called in the evening to pay
their respects to the President elect. All
a,,emp; was made to get up drm"nstra
,ion, TO make prestige for few cmbry'
Cabiue, officers, but u di,pnicb from rbt
,ileut captain nippcd the thing in thu
bud. That hoary-headtd old sinner, Ben
Wade. feel. that his chances for cabi
net position are growing beautifully less
For Gods FAKE let the old rrpr"ba,c
remain shrlved where Democratic leg.
isia,ure laid him last winter. We hav,
another Ben shclved. m-an dear
ben" Egglrstou ofthe lst District. !
sincerely hope that he may remain ia
king his rest, With bis glorics wrapped
around him.
The hanging of the Reno boys. in TIL
New Albany. Indiana. Jail, by mol
from Seymour. This week, created conNid'
cradle excitement on our streets On Tues.
day last, AMI the highly sensational act "i
the sister of the victims, uffalling on hel
knees, placing her hand on the heart 81
her dead brother. calling upon lleavrl
and those present 10 bear witness to TIL
oath she then mace-''thst She w"ul"
track the murdcrrrs Of her brothers az
the slru,h-huund tracks the wounded
slag-by night and by day-on land ana
by water; aud that ii IN any part o'
GUi's green earth the executors Of ht'
brothers could be found. their hearts
dearest blood should pay the penalty "'
the sorrows she then suffered When
we take into consideration the fact that
six of her brothers have been hung BY
this same mob within the pas, tS"
months, and that her on y remaining bro.
ther il in the Missouri rrniten,lary far
robbery. aud that She has means, youth.
beauty, energy, aud springs from the
same desperate stock that has made til
whole southern part Of Indiana fear,
quake and ,renltle at the name Of Rrro.
/ must sa, What she rs MOI exactly the
kind Of lady should like to have on
NV track, nc,uated 10y the same m"tiy"'
which induced her l." take that fearful
oxth. Bu, again, when We consider thai
at least seventy persons constituted the
mob, We must say, to exicrmlnate the en-
tire party is biz undertaking for a lone
woman.
Business is very dull indeed. There
is uu life in anything in the way Of bust
urs, except in the pork trade. which ha'
been quite lively Tor the past three weeks
with slight advance i'll prices. But lhe
Queen City has lost her prestige as tn,
porkopolls of the world-thc Garden
Ci,y taking the lead by far this sea
son.
Times are very hard. yet amu.cnent>
seem =. high lille. At TIE NatjouaI
rhrater, tire drummer liny of Shiloh.
has been running the past week. under
the auspices Of the &. y r., for thu ben
eft Of widows aud orphans Of deceased
suMicr.. Those who hsve not sect
enough OF blood aud carnage on tn,
tented field. eau here witness Il on tn,
mimic stage. The house has been vel
flied du ing the week. At Weod>
rheater Mary Gladstone lrs been play iug
To large houses At the Opera House,
Emerson. Allen. and Manning have been
holding forth 10 the lovers Of the burnt
cork opera. They start on 4 western
tour next week.
Times among the "Phancy" have been
lively indeed The priz"-fsht between
LaugIrrrry and Boyton they claim was a
decided success. After the disgusting
affair last spring. Of Jones W. McC"ol.
the grand sell of C"Lurn w. McCool.
and the izzlc Of johnny Heating ".
Palsy Shepherd ring matters and men
have seemingly fallen into disrepute I'll
The "phancy," and the idea of Il scientific
milf in the nrighborhood Of our city
seem. utterly ridiculous. NothwithAsud-
n. this, the light last week. in the par
lance Of the ring. was ''plucky go
Ivory bo1cs' were demolished 10 a
charm-"pecpers' were closed ina 'jif,
mugs" were punched in the