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Who!

Who risked the most-the Bondholder
who gave $500 and received 81, 900 $40
bonds, at 6 per cent. interest, payable
semi-annually in gold, or the poor boy
who gave his service and lost his leg?
D1FFERENeE.-The one, doubles his
investment, gets bis interest in gold and
pays no taxes. The other is manned
for life, gets paid in a deprecated cur
rency, worth only 60 cents on the dollar,
and is compelled to pay taxes to pay in
terest to the bondholder.
Who pays taxes on tea, coffee, and
sugar, and gets 60 cents for dollar p
The poor man who tolls.
Who pays no taxes for school, coun-
ty, building roads, bounty or poor pur-
poses, and gets 81 40 for dollar? The
rich bondholder.
Who did the fighting, and now pays
the taxes? The laboring man and sold
ier.
Who speculated during the war, cheat
ed the soldier, paid no taxes, and are
now, paid in gold? The shoddy con-
tractor and bondholder.
Who sends our children to school,
buys their books, makes their clothes
and feeds them? Ask the poor white
men of the North.
Who sends the little negroes to school
in the South, buys them books, makes
their clothes, finds their medicine and
feeds them? Ask the lazy, six foot ne
gro, and he says, "de bureau"
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Negro Outrages i'm Tennessee.

MEMPHIS, Oct. 10-A negro named
Steve Terrence was arrested by detectives
last night, on the charge of completely
in the murderous assault on Mr.. Alexan
der, and the burning of his house, neal
this city, some weeks ago;
To-day Torrerce confessed that he
was one of party organized for plum
der, and of which DR.. Woods, who was
recently captured after desperate resist
ance, and after being wounded, was s
member.
At the colored Methodist Church, or
Gayosa street, this afternoon, a negro SIT
ting on the steps fired pistol. A police
man came up and attempted to arrest
him, when he fired at the policeman
The congregation rushed out, and indis-
criminate firing took place. The police
left in haste, but being reinforced by 9TH
er policemen and citizens, the negroes
fled. Although some thirty shots were
fired, no one was hurt.
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"Niillions for defence and not cent
for tribute is now rendered: Millions
for bonds (shackles) and every cent
for tribute. t slan0ass
The Bondholder demands gold for his
bond. the Soldier must take greenbacks
for his pension.
The wheat fields in Southern indiana
show a healthy green. The wheat has
taken good root, and with SafayorablB
winter another glorious crop. is preba.
BILE.
Golden Fleece, a fnll-blooded Mer-
ino buck, owned by Mason Il French,
of New Haven, Vermont, and valued at
$4,000, died last week of lung fever ~
The crop of wine in France in 1865
was 1,496, 100000 Of gallons, /, 1856, ,0e0,-
600 in 1866, 1,430, 100000 in 1867, and
in 1868 it promises to exceed 1,5S4, ,00O,-
900. 2.5'5' 3 q sfsh
A young woman in San Francisco
thought to test the sincerity of her ma
ny admirers by giving out that she had
the smallpox, and hanging a yellow fag
from her house. She succeeded admir-
ably, not one of the devoteds coming
near her. .a = ssLEi liGa
A grape vine in Jouchecy, France,
fifty-four years old, yields three tons
weight of grapes. The stem is one hun.
dred and sixty feet long and the bran;
ches cover aspace oftwo hundred square
feet. !i@'- 'As'ts'- 'ai.'s'
The Boston Post wittily says that the
Connecticut Radicals are all Boys ID
Boys" just now. @ 5eA az ,Ts5S
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The highest rent paid for dwelling
house in Chicago is $4,000.
Chicago is to expend s45O,0O0 in ad-
ding two wings to its Court house.
The Illinois Central Railroad has one
hundred and fifty-three locomotives.
The Great Eastern is being overhauled
to lay the new trains Atlantic cable.
Philadelphia proposes to bridge the
Delaware with an arch 4 400 feet long.
"God is only an imaginary being, the
Bible is only fit to amuse children, and
the Christian Sabbath is relic of bar
barism.-Carl Schurz, the Radical Ora
I tor.
DR.. John H. Henry, who was the high
priest of the Radical party in Russell
County, Alabama, publishes letter in
the Selma Times and Messenger of the
I'd instant, in favor of Seymour and
Blair.
A long strip Of wavy hair has super.
ceded the curl worn at the side of the
chignon.
On Tuesday, mortgage was fled
for record at the Court house, at Pitts
burg, for four million dollars, from the
Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad
Company, to Messrs. Benjamin f. New
conner, John w. Garrett and VIM. F
Walters, Representatives of the city oi
Baltimore. Four thousand dollars in
stamps were attached to the mortgage
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The Os,iO Election.

When the smoke of the great battle
clears away, then, and not until then, We
will be able to speak with confidence o.
the result in Ohio. If reports OF Demo
cratic losses in the river counties ano
ON the Western Reserve be true, the
Democratic State ticket is defeated, these
losses overcoming the gains in Other
parts of the State.
In Congressman at the epresent writing
it is quite certain that Eggleston, (Radi-
cal) is defeated in the 1st district OF
Hamilton county, by Strader, dem. J
Winans, (Radical) by Thomas, (Dem. J
in the 7th, district-Gibson, Radical
by Dickinson, Dem. in the 9th district
Ashley, (Radical) by Hoga, dem.
in the 10th district and Cooper, Rad
by Morgan, in the 18th. These are all
Democratic gains.
In the 9TH and 18th districts Judge
Van Trump and Col. Mungen, Demo
ceats) are re-elected.-Statesman, 14th
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Soldiers!

You will be asked by the Radicals of
Woodsfield to vote f)r GRANT. WLcl
they approach You just point them to
General WILDEs speech at Matamoras,
Washington County, Ohio, in which he
said:
"MoNRoE CoCNTY SOLDIERS WERE Coz
PERHEADs BEFORE THE WAR, COPPER
HEADS DURING TIE WAR, AND WILL GO
TO HE'LL CoPpERHEADs, WHERE THR DEv-
IL WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME ROASTING IT
OUT OF THEM"
The Woodsfeld Radicals indorsed
WILDEs by bringing him into this Coun-
ty.
Repudiate them and their principles
at the ballot box on Tuesday, the Sd day
of November
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One Taken, and the Other Left.

A telegraphic despatch from Norfolk,
which appeared in yesterdays Herald,
announced that Governor Wells, Of Vir-
ginia, had commuted the sentence Of Ben
jamin Jefferson, a negro, to imprison-
ment for life. This negro had been SEN
fenced to be hanged on the Sth of Octo-
ber for an outrage upon Miss Sarah Ford.
Perkins, white man, who had been
condemed to the same penalty for his
participation in this outrage, was hanged
yesterday. Thus the white man was
taken, and the negro was left. A politi-
cal pretext for the difference in the fate
of the two men has been assigned; ''the
Congressional district in which the out.
rage took place gives a seven thousand
negro majority" In view of this ex-
traordinary case, who shall say that the
negro now has no rights which white
men are bound to respect.-New York
Herald
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EEA farmer writes,in homely phrase,
that many "who 'whopped' over to Lin
coin in 1864 will 'whop' back to Seymour
and Blair in 1858" t.'
The Bondholder gave greenbacks for
his bonds. He has drawn the interest
in gold, and now he demands gold for
the principal. =
In 1863 the average value Of a green
back dollar was seventy-one cents; in
1854, fifty cents, and in 1866, fifty-nine
cents. .t.r,o.z,
"Free Trade and Sailors, Rights" is
an old fogyism whose place has been us
urped by mo Trade and Bondholdcrs
Rights" - sf.
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Plot 10 ASSaSSinate the President
A Treasury Clerk Exposes the Hor-
rible Scheme.
Negroes the Majority in the Band.
EXCITEMENT IN WASHINGTON.

[Spscial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer
WASHINGTON, Oct. ia plot to muir
der President Johnson has been discov-
cred and one or more of the parties is
said to be custody The affair, as yet, is
enyeloped in mystery; but there is no
doubt that an assassination was contem-
plated. Extraordinary developments
will still be made.
The Evening Express contains O., ac
count Of the alleged plotHo kill the Pres
ident 1t says it was formed about the
time of the impeachment trial. Fifty
negroes and several white men compos.
ed band, who were bound together by
terrible oaths, to execute their bloody
purposes. Frank Evans, an employee il
the Treasury Department., who exposed
the plot, accuses German named Helm
berger, of being the chief of the band
The authorities have been working uI
the case secretly for several days, but al
present decline making public the result
Of their Investigations. The President
scouts the idea of any danger, although
it is admitted that plan to kill him is an
established fact. -.. -.
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Lincoln on Seymour.

Does the Tribune believe with Senator
Pomeroy that the "cant about, Honest
Old Abe which was at first ridiculous,
has now become criminal?' If not, let
it have the honesty itself to publish what
Lincoln said in 1868 of the candidate
whom the Democracy proposes in 1868
to put into Lincoln's place.
Just before the battle of Gettysburg,
in July, 1868, the officer of Governor
Seymour's staff, who had been charged
by him with experimenting the move
ments of the New York troops whom
Governor Seymour threw forward with
such unexampled rapidity and energy to
resist the invasion of Pennsylvania by
Lee, called to say farewell to President
Lincoln. Taking the officer 1.-THE Trib.
une knows perfectly well who that Off
Ger was) by both hands, President Lin
coin said to him: Il wish you to under.
stand that you cannot possibly use words
too warm to convey to Governor Sey-
mour my thankfulness for his prompt
and efficient help given to the Govern
ment in this crises" This language the
President thrice repeated, accompany
ing it with fervent pressure of the
hands, and uttering it each time with in.
creased earnestness and feeling.
President Lincem is now in his grave
The men who fawned upon him in his
lifetime for place and power, but who
have never been at the pains to raise
even the poorest monument to his mem.
ory, now join with the Tribune in prop
agating lies about the Executive of the
Empire State who thus stood by hin
and by the country, when Greeley was
| hiding under Windust's table, and the
Loyal Leaguers of Pennsylvania were
hurrying their plate and their cash OF
special trains at Camden, to escape from
the rebel cavalry at Carlisle N. Y
U-0rld
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-20

The average Of the eight counties is
81 S4 per head, Monroe being 81 cents
per head below this general average.
Mr. Editor, 1 had intended to give the
valuation of the property in these seve-
raj counties and show that there were
other counties in the District that paid
greater per cent. than Monroe,
but have not time. ] may refer to
the subject again. We all know that we
have u large population without much
wealth. We must have the same num-
Der of officers and the same expenses to
bear as counties of greater wealth but of
very much less population. Think OF
these things, and do not be led astray by
the, as understand, proposed pamphlet
that the Radicals, with the aid of MOORE S
money, intend to publish relative to our
county affairs. JAS. X. MORRIS.
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The Elections.

The result of the elections in Pennsyl-
ya,ia, Ohio and Indiana is favorable to
Rldicalism.
In Indiana the Radical majority is
alb mt 1000. A loss of over $4,000.
In PENNSYLVANIA the Radical majority
will be about 5000.
In Ohio about $4,000. Democrats
Work from now TO the closing OF the
polls on November Sd.
PENNSYLVANIA and Indiana can and
must he carried for SEYMOUR and BLAIR
while such work as Ohio Democrats car
do may change the result in our favor or
Tu ,sday, the Sd day of November.
Steady Men! Charge, and victory
will crown our efforts.
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The Democracy are in Favor of

The Democracy are In Favor Of
R- Paying the principal and interest
ef the Bonds in Greenbaeks.
Taxation on all U. s. Bonds the
ume as other property. =
s@- Equal taxation-the Bondholder
and Farmer in the same proportion.
M Abolishing the 1900 National
Banks, which are so many National Rob
bers. engaged in plundering the People
"a. Denouneing National Debt as
. "National Curse" imposed upon the
People By Jacobins in waging Negro
Crusade for the purpose of subjugatine
cen States Of the American Union.
sa- Representation in Congress BY er
cry State.
pa- Immediate Union on the basis O.
the Constitution,
81 nA. Opposed to usurpation of undele
gated power by Congress.
r@- Opposed to military despotism il
this Republic.
M-0pposed to Congressional forc'
bills to establish Negro Suffrage.
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The above figures will not vary more
than twenty either way, from the official
returns.
The taxpayers and laboring mems
candidate for Congress has been defeat
ed by the candidate of the National
Banks and the Bondholders.
The result is in accordance with the
doctrines of Radicalism, viz: to make
the rich richer and the poor poorer.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-20

The arrival of drove Of Texas or
Cherokee cattle at Mound City, Kansas,
last week, caused great excitement. The
citizens rose en- masse and killed the cat
tie, and the drover only escaped lynch
ing by a judicious disappearance. J
Kansas is being rapidly settled by
Swedes. Committees representing two
colonies are in the State searching for
the best place Of settlement.
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N-m Benton Townships "loir' Rad
ieal circulated report on Monday, pre-
vious to the election, that the Democrats
would not allow the Radicals to vote on
Tuesday.
1t is only necessary to say that the re.
port emanated from Radicalism, was cir.
culated by Radicals and was a Radical
falsehood manufactured out of whole
cloth.'
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FiendiSh Outrage.

NEW YORK, October ia negro en-
ticed two small girls into house in Jer-
sey City, yesterday, and drugged and
stripped them, and then endeavored to
outrage them. One of them escaped,
when the citizens surrounded the house
and were about to lynch the villain,
but the police arrived and with great
difficulty succeeded in getting him to
the station.
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The Black Test.

81 do solemnly swear that I accept
the civil and political equality of all
men, and agree not to attempt to de-
prive any person or persons, on account
of race, color previous condition, of any
political or civil right, privilege, or i'm
munity enjoyed by any other class OF
men. So help me God."-Southern
Radical Carpet Bag Constitution.
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In 1864, the Bondholder paid $3.50
in gold for $500 bond He has drawn
interest in gold upon it, to the amount
of 1920, which was worth at least 5000
in currency. If his bond is paid in gold
he has cleared $3.50, worth 1915, and this
added to the interest, makes net profit
of 1915 in four years on an investment
of $3.50.
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Take Notice.

The Edito. of THE SPIRIT has removed
his Office, to the, front room of the dwell
ling house, one door South Of the print
ing Office, where all business connected
with The SPIRIT will be transacted. No
rec the sign: SPIRIT OrFIcE.sg
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What 1t Cost.

The increase of the Radical vote in
this county over 1867 is 163.
1t is reported and generally believed
that to get that increase to the polls,
cost the romd<sum of $4,000
That was at the rate of eighteen dol
Tors and forty cents and one-hdf for
every increased vote of the Radicals
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-20

The Bondholders demand that labor
and productions shall be taxed for their
benefit: they claim that they are priv
ileged class, and exempt from taxation
Pay the Debt in Greenbacks, and you
reduce the burthens of the people. Eve
rything we eat, drink, and wear, are now
taxed to pay the Bondholder.
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KNOW NOlhingiSnl.

The old tyrannical oppression of tht
Know Nothing Radicals will come ou
once in awhile. On election day th'
Radicals challenged German citizen o
Woodsfeld who was naturalized in 1924
Germans, remember this outrage ol
Tuesday, the Sd day of November.
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AIlthe Honesty!

In Summit Township some Radica
scoundrel cut the names of MOORE anc
ARMSTRONG out of the Radical tickets ant
pasted them over the names of FoLLEr7
and GRIMsHAw on the Democratic tick
cts. Several of these were palmed of
on honest Germans who could not reat
English.
That is n fair specimen of Jacobir
honesty.
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" A X-P IE r S r E A d
A RUE STATEMENT!
TAXES AND TAXATION! /!

EDITOR SPIRIT: Before the close Of the
campaign for State and county officers, !
wish to submit a few facts to the people
of this county. The Republicans, Radi-
Gals, Abolitionists, or Grant men, or by
whatever milne they may desire to be
called-for ! wish to do them no injus-
tice-as understand. are making great
"fuss" about the financial affairs Of this
county.
The taxes for all purposes for 1867,
in the counties named below, were as fol-
lows, (giving Athens the benefit Of over
two thousand three hundred dollars of
Statc taxes which she escapes on her
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The Negroes and Union Leagues
Arming I'm North Carolina.

NEwBERN, N. c., Oct 1O.-In cor
respondence between Gen. Miles and
Gov. Holden, of this State, the latter
states that box containing arms was
recently found concealed in this city by
a certain political organization. The
arms referred to were found in house
used for the meetings of the Union
League, and were concealed in coffin.
Several coffins, supposed to contain
arms, have recently been sent out in the
country by prominent Radicals in this
vicinity.
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The Latest From Pennsylvania

The latest dispatches q o'clock, A.
NJ, declare Pennsylvania to be very
close. The Republican Executive Com
mittee of indiana had lowered their
figures, only claiming from 5000 to s.
900. The Democrats had gained largely
in the Southern counties of the State,
and in other parts of the State where
the Republicans expected to more than
hold their own. 1t is not absolutely
certain that the Republicans have carried
either of these States. If they have
done so, it is certainly by very small
majorities-so small that the Democrats
will make most determined fight to
overcome them in November.-States-
man, Oct. 14th
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HSEYMoUR and BLAZE are the candi-
dates of those who favor Government
ruled by White men.
GRANT and CoLFAx are the candidates
of those who favor a Government ruled
by Negroes and Bayonets.
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N-Voters! Remember LEVI BAR
BER.the Radical Elector for this District,
at the Polls on Tuesday, the Sd day OF
November. He is the man who dragged
you from your homes. Drafted men, re-
member him!
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wDemocrats The Jacobins are
rejoicing at the approach of the time
when the American Republic will be
Mexicanized.
You must work to save the Republic
established by your fathers.
Rally for SEYMOUR and BLAIR
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Dayton, Ohio, makes 650,000 gallons
of linseed oil a year.
Washington has two hundred and
thirty eight policemen,
Only four California journals do much
more than pay expenses.
The assessed value of taxable proper
ty in Illinois is S47S, 100000.
The Gar of Russia writes for the pa.
pers, but makes poor work of it..
A Paris cocottc has bathing tub ot
silver, 10000 francs the price.
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EWe learn from the Marietta Times
that Captain LEVI BARBER, the Radical
Elector for this District, and LINCOLN s
Draft Officer, outrageously abused Gen.
w. p. RICHARDSON, in Marietta, few
evenings since
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s@ There is no truth in the absurd
state ment that there will be a change in
the candidates for President and Vice.
President on the Dem ocratic ticket.
SEYMOUR and BLAIR are the choice OF
the American People.
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l.rant,s StatesnlansIip.

WENDELL PHILLIPS, the leader OF The
Radical party says of Grant:
1.-The mottoes he has lent to politics
o: history. are such as a bulldog might
have growled forth A nation battling
f,r an idea takes for its leader q maj
c,nfessedly destitute of ideas.
There. Voters, you will be urged tc
vote for man "destitute of ideas.
While SEYMOUR, the Democratic can
didate is an acknowledged Statesman
puu.,rs SAWS GRANT is s'a toel.",
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Z 0 | )

That Majority proclaiins to the agents
of the untaxed Bondholders, and the
infamous Congress at Washington,
that the taxpayers are firing of laboring
to make the rich richer and the poor
poorer.
Taxpayers! Rally for SEYMOUR and
BLAIR on Tuesday, the Sd day of No
voynhnr ~.
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GyVoters! You have now seen fol
yourselves the contemplate trickery re-
sorted to by the Radicals to gain votes
and to defeat them entirely on November
8, YOU will have to watch close.
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ay-The Radicals were in great

gThe Radicals were in great glee
on Wednesday the 14th over the pros
pect of the Democratic majority in this
County falling below two thousand
votes.
Since that time they have remained
quietly in their holes. They crowed
too soon.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-20

E-Gen. w. P. RICHARDSON was
shamefully abused by the Radicals at AL
bany, Athens County, on the 29tl ult''
while addressing Democratic meeting.
Was that in accordance with an order
| from the MESSENGER ring at Athens?
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Prophecy Fulfilled.

aaIf the Internal fanatics and abolition.
lists ever get power in their hands they
will override the Constitution, set the
Supreme Court at defiance, change and
make laws to suit themselves, lay violent
hands on those who differ with them in
their opinions or dare to question their
,afallibility, and finally bankrupt the
country and delugeit with blood. Dan
ssl Webster, March {, 1850.
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wThe Radicals of Woodsfeld nt
tempted to poll several bogus votes on
Tuesday, but were completely beaten,
consequently fe,t sore oyer ii. -
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Democrats,

Our vote was not at tho Polls on th'
18th, by six hudred votes.
Rally every man to the polls on the
Sd day of November.