The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-08-09

stihy or scventy-dve thousand, which is
no, SO bad, considering that there was
F.. SOM il.feeling in the party. .y
We soc it stated that = proposition is
on foot to form an inland State out Of
Eastern Oregon Idaho, and part Of
Washington Territory, and coastwisc
State out Of the rest Of Oregon and
Washington Territory. a,'t
sa'In case the Fifteenth Amendment
should be impcriled Congress would read
lily consent to thcproceeding, making rat
iication a4condition OF admission.
~ Amonster deyil.Gsll, weighing nearly
fifteen hundred pounds, was captured a
few days ago at the mouth Of the Slississ-
ippi river, by aparty Of officers.
HI is more than likclyit was the spirit
Of Thad Stevens on his way up the river
for the purpose Of assisting tho RAIDS to
carry tho Mississippi. Tennessee and
Texas elections. The devil probably
wants to increase the radical vote. aud il
he doss, he proposes to enlarge his do
p minions to accommodate them.
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Rumor has it that movement is CD
foot BY our government for aiding the
Cubans to buy their independence Of
Spain, and thus bring the troubles to a
close. The proposal is to help natives of
the Island to pay the mother country for
the immovablc property she holds there,
and to obtain quit claim forever.
A jury 10 Justices Court in Califor-
nia has decided that the State law prohibi-
ting persons from carrying concealed
weapons is unconstitutional, because the
Constitution Of the United States says
tha. "tho right Of the people to keep aud
bear arms shall not be iufringed;" md
the county Judge sustained the de-
eision. .l la.
The defeated radicals Of Virginia are
trying TO effect fusion with the Con.
servatiyes, and the latter answer that they
have no objection to the radicals voting
with them hereafter, but are not ready
after such victory to surrender them
selves to the radicals. Will the lion lie
down with the lamb now? Perhaps SO.
Radicals arc capable Of lying most any
where. r
A black man in Quincy, Illinois, has
brought suit to recover So, 900 from a
steamship company. for having been re-.
fused the privilege Of eating dinner with
The white folks Aud good many Of
the white folks Of Illinois would, VIC have
no dcubt, like to sue the company for de-
priviug them Of the pleasure Of eating
with niggers. That is, unless their prin-
eiples awfully belle their tastes.
The President has appointed Tuesday
the SUth Of November, rs the day on
which the election in Mississippi will take
place. The constitution is about the
same as thu. of Virginia, and will be
voted for in about the same manner. viz |:
{, a separate vote will be had on the disfran.
chisiug and other Objectionable clauses.
The radicals arc preparing to break
their falr' in New York by pretending to
sanction boiling from the regular nom.
inatiobs.' 1t will not do. Radicalism
is dead aud buried, 50 far as the State of
New York Is concerned.
It is little remarkable that tic op.
posing candidates for Governor Of Ohio
were both in one regiment at the beginning
OF the war Rosecrans received the coin.
mission of Colonel III the 'rwcn,y.third
Ohio while Hays was lieutenant colo.
mel of the same regiment. Colonel Pond.
Republican candidate for Attorney C eneral
and Connell. Democratic candidate for
that Office, were likewise colonel and lieu,
Tenant colonel in the same regiment
The New York SIN is after The adj.
lloma'ic hunbug" I, says "a gen.
'lehian who has served in full f.gimea,als
OF one Of the chief courts Of Europe, ha.
told us that the whole amount Of lis nc.
,ual duty did not average thirty minutes
a week For this lazy, aimless. loafnp,
gew.gaw, nristocra,ic sot, Of thing we pay
lunlrelsof thousands Of dollars h yeaf.
And Il isnll for hpotject whatever eSeeri
40 pension AID, Of politicians il show
saioe' M se' them ol' Of The country. Is