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..Dusi Gc uuTc 1laturai than NY presence NJ this
laes;, ,oro, =, II IN the world, rays Ills Honor.
~, IL iuI nor " mat l near" says Nj. French !:
nat canscd H. My mission IN life u graceful, q
Whcn fe1ds arr green AMI birds afc singing II l.
Who transport the people from the dusty and aonx-
| ltrr city to The e!oF1es Of the eauniSS-W ~ MY
The sons OF men must have oxygen, and II Is
| r,y business 10 furnish It to them AZ wel as 10
| zcd several OF tncse expeditions for the ccneGt
o. school ehil4Isn md oxn Re9Pe ano1G Il nn1s y
that It would be grand tdea 10 Eet np ne saoon,
| Keepers picnic, where they Who did 10 much to
an, 1eAs III ii oace. Erose ot the subject 70
| scTesnl " ho welcomed 1t with pleasure, huu Efe.
paIsd tns aa, e1.ssnenA .so9 70 ma nc
rope. Each th1oon-ketrer Was to oren oas. ent
wss estiuat. that ao Noold hays been t htes, =
| tu. II would lave b<-cn magnificent *eat e
eery fT1cud re and was snctaily discussing tot
nn,,cr wttn h1E-sn a friendly business WAY WAY,
nave % ro 10 1he Ftite1ell. aud there viii be III
ND II free ii. Tor the Fl on-kcepefs
T>e cacL.e WIS no: sa.t laetosy, and she Wa
sc s.a
verr Hrous M3y of Easrrer years, who ha'
| OF cen GAnc.np, but xho NaA 1uEEed out ffou
asI ss' sss ns2 1an I snoaSa
had no objection to stss.ng how she carae 10 b
where she Was, She w.a volunteer iaho,cs 70
! the coo.I OF The Err7pR Wouaen's Refuge. II Wa
he1 duty and hsr llras4re 70 visit these haan!s =
| an end to1ToW aud ASCERTAIN WAethet sac co3i
rnt c1Ivtrt llc1. Lm.ies to h<tier things, an
lead shs . 10 the land Il ush nnd uacla'ees. sh
~. yp't.nG tits place last ntg6t, nut vas, -
hoped, c1t1t.ng s.lstasI inaaence over one
sweet safe appeared on the faces Q
Sutauoise..es Ellen ard Cnralle AID foc othe
| .orrg women as they ]iAteped 10 these rrnalhs
| but they said never word. .,.
TE.s b;lrt did not seen 10 stz1Ee tse Jasalc
| with great fCgrc, 2au be shock his head
The lady insisted, however. She WIS not r.
.1ol .itlc fer the accident oi her arrest she u
think 1t as hard That person sapuld be Afeste
| | and sErd for trying to do good such coars
| nf r. cceai1s was calculated to discourage Eoo
retl lie, and 10 ie:ut them TO vlc,ous courses. VI
| ar i1oEo~e to lock up the Christian Association
lis lopur re;,itea ihas he cert2lnl! ih1, Hns
found undI such ciscEln-tances, aud hence d
| sh,.l,d send hur to the BT7deTcl1.
Sic ncccp,e., tcr fate in dtsulfed silence, "a
| 1ny chi. that her husband would see taat she Ws
| relCI srd.
) Ills Honor replied that he had no douht tnat
. ali her hp6alnca were to assemble toScthet tns
could undoubtedly Et1eese her irpEu the Bt1deNe
or my other stronghold, still he should nor n.1t
l his t:llId.
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Sd. Corn, ea5 fot OIL IA 81 lof nsa+ fot1. VIZ
Lard, s0s-
Brown / Co., Of yew 3ozk, took place On THURS
day lsst at their x8Ieruoms A total Of es1, ,o64
Is was sold, III very satisfactory prices. Aanu-
fsctu,ers, dea1eB and brokers were present In
good numbers aud though q few lots Of the high
est grades Of West Virginia ana Ohio nceces menr
shade low, the regular grades Of e1tra and No.
Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan t1eeee and tub
washed sold at about prices asked At private sa,e
In soue instances little below, In others little
above. : = -
TIE lots toId were carefully graded, ensuEtng
good degree Of uniformity In prices. The results
Of the sale are generally areep,edns fair index
Of The values Of wool II New York. We pota the
, 1869-07-18

6oopRrcns PASSENGER sTEANERA, ass, -,
Fer Auw :.fte. e ts!ty d.ii.. Isl pm
TtI Craig IL - r. a1s Ssif1 s1a % m
~ III Gtsso ~, en- BssT " eys;y IresdAy and EttdaF,
, 1869-07-18

The following we're the receinlz and shipments
Of Gour and g1aia during Inc kass mees, III !sS
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21
ycw York Election Frauds

An election for municipal officers has
lust taken place in New York and the
inevitable clamor about frauds is repeat
ed. Last fall the Radical leaders became
fairly frantic on the subject.
Let the noisy fellows who talk SC
plibly about democratic. frauds in New
York" bear in mind this fact: The
Boards OF Registry, the Inspectors and
the Canvassers of New York, are ap'
pointed by a Board of Police Commis
sioners. This Board is now, and ha;
been for years, composed Of two Demo
Gratis and two Republicans.
The common sense deduction from
this is, that if frauds are committed il
the New York elections, the Republicans
are exactly as culpablc as the Demo
Gratis.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21
Ben. Buffers Little Game.

What is the matter with Ben Butler
They say that Ben is going into the pur
chase of large and small arms to huge
extent as the agent Of Il New York firm
ard that he has recently applied to al
officer of the War Department TO sell
him tremendous assortment of warlike
implements.
'What do you want Of all these :?
said the officer to Ben.
That's my business" quoth Benja
min.
Il well have to refer the matter tc
Secretary Belknap," said the officer
Bellinap was consulted and responded
Il don't care a-what Butler want;
them forif he only pays forthem, If h'
wants them for improper purposes aftel
buying them from us, it will be Secreta
ry Fish's business, not mine
Ben will get the arms very likely, bu
what he wants them for is puzzle /
is generally supposed to be for Cuba
Oujen Sabe?--N, 7. Herald Dispatch.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21
SchCnCk and EfUsEel.

People have been looking with some
interest for the inauguration Of quar-
rel between the rivals for tie leadership
of the House. Messrs. Schenck and But.
| Ter. But | doubt if it will come, ,and the
reason is that each has his bIUnderbus
loaded to the muzzle for the other. They
have passed most of the recess in the
investigation OF each others record
Butler knows enough against Schenck tC
damn him out Of sight; but he also
knows that SchencG has a pillow-case
full of documents that would ruin him
Schencll is crammed fnll Of Buffers
denominations, but the knowledge of his
own iniquities, and the consciousness:
that Butler has had his strabismical Wis
ion directed to them, keeps him from ef
fervescrng. Each is, in fact, though ful
Theoretically corked. They must let eX
pressivc silence nurse their bile; and bt
content with thinking battle, murder
and sudden death of each other, with,
out giving voice to that which is within
1t is the school-boy guarantee of peace
full silence-"Yon tell on me and Ill tel
on you" But l can not help wishing
for the good Of the country, that som,
plan were devised to let loose the bot
lied thunder The French proverb tell
US it is che first step that costs. | woult
write it in French if i were not sure tn
printers would translate it into. lo7
Dutch In this case the first step is al
we need. The faintest syllable in th
right direction would do the whole bu
siness. All we want is a start-and thel
hands OF, fair field and an open fight
And 'whether he kill Cassie or Cassie
kill him, or each do kill the other'-eith
er way makes honest mems gain. |
Schenck could only be thrown off hi
guard for moment, so that i'll the hea
Of debate he might refer to Butler, eyel
by 4 remote allusion to the subject o
tablespoons or if Butler could be III
ged to the faintest hint about the whisky
ring-a rich vein would be opened whicl
would yield untold treasures Of informa
ton to the American people. AS it is
it is sad to contemplate the poor pro
spect in store. 1t is far more tantalizin2
than the McCoole- Allen fiasco, to which
all the first-ciass citizens Of Cincinnati
had bought tickets and were maxim!
ready to go when news VAS brought tha
it wouldn't come OF. Let us hope how
ever that before the close Of the session
some one will be found with wit enough
to devise ways and means to get thes'
two eminent loyahsts into each other
wool. | can conceive Of no greater ser
vice that can be rendered to ones coun
try in this trying hour. MACK.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21

England is actively preparing for an
outbreak IN Ireland. Five thousand
more troops have been ordered there land
it is understood that military law is tC
be declared in several counties. 1t is
expected that as soon az Parliament
meets it will suspend the writ Of habcas
corpus, Nearly half of the effective
force Of the British army is now in Ire
land-over thirty thousand men.
Whether there be danger of an exten
sivc outbreak in Ireland or not,it is very
certain that England is apprehending it
The Fenians in this country are suspi
ciouslv quiet
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21
The Woman Suffrage fsusincSs

That the Woman Suffrage movement
has been making considerable progress
is undeniable. 1t has already enlisted
in its behalf few of the best men III
this country and in England, and many
others who year or two ago thought ii
matter to be easily laughed down, now
think it well worth while to investigate
thoroughly the reasons upon which its
claims are based.
After generally adopting Negro Suf-
fragc, the people of this country would
simply stultify themselves by treating
Woman Suffrage rs absurd.
The strongest argument against No-
man Suffrage, and, in our opinion, a CON
elusive one, is that a large majority OF
the women do not seem to desire it.
Whenever they do, the Radicals, espe-
cially, will find it very awkward to deny
their demands while juStirying Negro
Suffrage.
But in order that the women may avail
themselves fully of this advantage they
must adopt some means of stopping the
mouths Of their SUSAN B. ANTuoNYS and
their EL!zABEru CADY SrAHToNS.
The broods Of pullcts over which
these growing hens hover are cntirely V toe
prolific of resolutions. They resolv,
about great many things of which they
know little or nothing, and about a grea
many others which are none Of their bu
siness; but their most frantic specchc:
and resolves are about such chaSte an(
elegant topics as divorce, bigamy, infan
ticidc, and dozen more in the same &C
scending grade of impurity.
All these things are done with The os
tensiblc object of showing what womer
could and would do,as legislators. They
present their performances to the worlC
and virtually say: See how admirably
we Will do these things when we have
power. Behold our specimens and blusl
for your crude laws"
1t is exactly these old shrews anc
these young chatter boxes who will dis
gust the common sense of the country
and make Woman Suffrage impossible
even if desirable, in the present genera
ton.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21
lie Chicago Tribune, December II. |
A Bellies Toes AinpntateI.

There lives on Wabash avenue, in a
home Of highly respectable exterior,
young lady, the pride of her mother and
the joy of her papa, She is, or rather
she was, in every respect an attractlve,'
graceful and accomplished girl; and SO
thought young Mr.. -, to whom she
is engaged, and who, looking at her
with the eye Of a lover, could sec, Of
course, no blemish in her.
Yet there was one little defect, one
small perfection, which was said to-
mar the symmetry Of her otherwise per-
feet form. Nature had given her pair
of wonderfully small feet, but although
in length they were. all that q Chinese
beauty might have adored, they were
just little too broad in proportion to
their size. She adopted variety OF ex-
pedients in order to pinch and squeeze,
those rebcIlious little toes into proper
attitude. In short, her feet gave her no
rest by night or day She was about to
be married, and, in view of that event,
she resolved to make double sacrifice:
4 few months ago she visited an en-
inent surgeon Of this city, and made q
proposal which caused the practitioner
to shudder. He at once declined to ac-
cede to her strange request; and there
the matter dropped for q time More re-
Gently the young lady renewed her prop
osition, expressing her firm determine
ton to have it carried out, and so per-
sistently did she cling to her resolution
that the doctor was at last prevailed up
on to comply with her wish This was
nothing less than the amputation of the
small toe Of each foot, which would re-
duce the member to size exactly pro-
portioned to its length. The operation
was one demanding the incest skill ON
the part Of the surgeon, and few days
since was successfully performed, with
the consent of the young lady's relatives
and friends. The obnoxious toes have
been extracted just like teeth, leaving the
the feet somewhat disfigured for time,
but suited to fit into the smallest, dain-
test little boot that can be fashioned
The young martyr is now in bed, wait
ing patiently for the wound to heal.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21
The Effects of Waiting.

a few evenings ago, at ball held in
Pittsburg, prize in the shape of a gold
ring was offered to the lady who should
outwaltz all competitors. Six couples
competed for the prize. At the end OF
the fourth hour four ladies' remained on
the floor. The musicians grew feeble,
but still supplied music. AT the end OF
five hours and three minutes only two
ladies kept the floor. Then came the
summing up Of damages. The partici-
pants were taken home, are all now i'll
precarious condition, and under medi-
cal treatment. The girls had to have
their shoes cut from their feet, and thcil
limbs were swollen to an enormous size
- UhceliRg ReqiStcr.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21
TIE LARGEST
WEEKLY P A P L r
Published in Eastern OHIO.
Crcenbac;As for the BOndhoiders,
and
f. O u Al TAX 4
White Men Shall Rule America.
LIGHT and knowledge Alone are Re-
ouired 10 Pestore the aFarmer
Republic" OF Our Fathers.

The circulation Of Democratic newspapers,
and esp.cially of county papers in their sew
oral ,oe,,;tiss lis Of the greatest Importance.
To ancon,are this enterprise, and to aid IN
the dissemination OF correct cocIrihes' VIC
have determined to reduce our rates Oh SUI
scriution TO the lowest possible point coIs's-
tent with the rrice of paper to us.
Fifteen dollars will procure ten copies OF
The sp,s,r for the full term of one year. win
an extra cory to tie person who SENDS Us 'na'
nrmber of names. :.
Thera ouctt not to lie 4 towpshi, where IL
would ba difficult to raise that small sum
among so many subscribers.
n is conceded that the SPIRIT is one OF the
best representatives of Democratic principles
in Eastern Ohio, while at the same time l.
gives very large quantity oil family ana
miscellaneous reading, together With the I'M
nortant local bews Of Monroe county, ana
full reliable nlarke. reports will be given
each week
We shall earnestly oppose the unjust syS-
fem. inaucurated by the Radical party, o:
taxing the laboripg man to make the rich
man richer. ~
The laboripr m II takes greenbacks for his
produce, while the DGnahoiuet eP"
as ..rags," and demands gold for his ponos.
This is unjust; if greenbacks are sooo
enough for poor men who pay taxes, they are
good enough fer the bondholders VINO pay
no taxes. and they. will be compelled to take
them (and pay their Just proportion OF TAXA
tion,) in exchange for their bonds or no'hins
ust as they may elect.
In conclusion. We ask the old fii@' ds OF oui
paper to make an effort to increase our ei''
culation on the basis of these terms. lhere
is 10 paper in the country whose terms arr
more liberal than those which we now one'
to the patrons of ia. SPIRIT, The rates ior n,
Single copies, one year -.-........'''. " y,
Single copies, six months ............ VI
Clubs OF ten. each, Gf;pad within the =,
year,) with extra copy to club agent. : W
Clubs of ten aud over, each, Gin ad-
vance, with extra copy to club agent
H. r. WEST,
Publisher Spirit.
wonnsFtElp. O.. Oct 9, 1863.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21

English vessels are strangely unlucky
in their first attempts to profit by the
opening Of the Sucz Canal. The steam,
er Brazilian from London, although built
expressly for Suez Canal traffic, was found
to draw too much water,and was obliged
to dis charge half its cargo, when it at
tempted u day or two ago to get
through the canal. The English must.
however, have known the requisite meas.
uremcnt before building the steamer.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21

&s~The Queen Is very unpopular III
England. GA her recently entering Lon
don in state, John Brown following her
they were hissed. A correspondent OF
tie New York Republican says "a well
known merchant informed me that he
had never seen the Queen, and never
meant to; if she were to pass by he
would turn his back Others complain
Of her parsimony, and some tell factious
stories of her inviting herself to dine
with tradesIhen, bringing her own tea
done up in a screw and such state cake
that the servants refuse to consume the
remainder; and Of John Brown s rudely
cIasping her sacred person in his efforts
to put on her shawl"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21
The DcisiiCal Council.

The Council of Deists, which assem-
blcd at Naples with the avowed object OF
counteracting the religious influence OF
tho Ecumcnical Council at Rome, has
proved to he fat failure 1t is com
posed of collection of political brig
ands who seek notoriety by outraging
public sentiment and dclying the laws OF
God and man.
At Deistical Convention held al
Philadelphia, preliminary to that at Ma,
ples,. some seventeen ot-hcaded lncen-
diaries loftily proclaimed that the Bible
was dead and that the great Council to
be held at Naples would convince the
world of that fact.
OF course nobody feared any great
results from the Naples Council, but
when it haughtily invited a comparison
between itself and the greatest ecclesias
tical assembly o: the century,unsanctifiet
human nature takes sort Of malevolen
qualification in seeing il come to con
teniptible insignifcance.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21

.ES-In Congress, on the 9Th inst, MI
Fox, dem J OF New York, asked leave
TO offer n resolution for the creation OF a
suecial committee Of five members TO
investigate tue causes that led to the
unusual and extraordinary fluctuations IN
the New York gold market.from the 2lst
TO the 26,h of September last, and espe-
rialIv to inquire if the President the
Secretary Of the Treasury or any officer
NJ the government was in any manner
interested IN causing such iluctnatlonS'
with power to send for persons and pa
pers.
Mr.. Scor1rLD and others objected, and
tho resolution was not received.
OF course Radicals object to having
GRAMS alleged action in the Wall stree,
gold panic Investigated. JIM FISK, DR.
and GouLp would swear that GRANT was
a party to the afaiI which wouldn't look
. well, you know
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21

Eg~The Erie Company's Treasurer 5
Office at Sandnsky, Ohio, was entered by
burglars the morning of the 1lth inst,
the safe blown open with nitrio-glycerine
and the contents distracted. The loss
has not yet been ascertained. The safe
is a perfect wreck. The Court House
building was badly damaged, The thieves
were probably alarmed at the force OF
the explosion, for they left most of their
tools and a considerable quantity ofmon-
cy scattered on the floor. They stole q
handcar at the depot and went to Mon
roeyille, leaving the car there, No fur
thcr trace of them has been discovered
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21
Important Decision by Chief JuS.
lice Chase.

The opinion delivered on the 1871
inst, in the United States Supreme Court
by the Chief Justice, sustainS the author
ity Of Congress to tax the circulation o
the State banks, affirming the powers o
government to create national curren
cy and the constitutionality of acts fol
the emission of treasury notes. A dis
senting opinion was presented by Mr.
Justice Nelson and concurred in by Mr.
Justice Davies, contendlng that the ia,
upon tue circulation of the State bank:
is an uniustitiable attempt to crush then
out of existence.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21

gy~Thc target practice of the Kear
sarge and Nyack alarmed the whole O
Callao, Peru, en- the Sd inst. Troop:
were put under arms and the Presiden
telegraphed to. When the truth was dis
covered, the Project at Callao received
an apology from the commanders for no
notifying him, but the, President deman
Ged an explanation, and the Consul ha:
reported the facts to Washington.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21
Efapais2S rkiSstOIls,

At the last annual meeting of Mission
ary Union, the necessity for large con.
tributions of money to meet increasing
demands of their work, was earnestly
and praycrfully considered. The receipts
for tire year ending March 3lst, 1869
were Sl9G,S0I 81; the expenditures
S2l0,273 50, leaving a debt of sl3.37t
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21
MONDAY, December 13

MONDAY, December Is
The census bill was again debated all
day in the House on the appointment
clause. The Western members general
ly favored amending it so that reports
of the enumeration could he made by
August next,in order that the State Leg
islatures could meet in time to redistrict
their States for the October election for
Congressman next fall 1t was claimed
on all hands that the West would gain
quite largely in representatives on the
basis that three hundred members would
be agreed to as the number for the forty
second House. Illinois and Iowa were
put down jointly as heing entitled to
eight more members. Mr.. Judd claim
ed that he represented more population
in the Chicago district than the three
members from The State of Vermont
The proposed increased representation
is likely to meet with opposition in the
Senate. Senators say that three hundred
is altogether too large Dumber, and
that the basis Of representation should
be increased rat her than the number
They claim that this principle was set
tied in 1850 by Benton, Webster and
others.
The bill presented in the House to-
day, by Washburne, of Wisconsin, to
divide the State of Wisconsin into two
judicial districts. is the same as that orig
inally intfodueedby lin On March, II,
1867, and proposes an eastern and wes-
tern district
The advice in the message against re-
newing reciprocal tariff relations with
the Dominion of Canada was adhered to
in the House to-day, where resolution
was offered adverse to reciprocity, and
only received forty negative votes. The
Canadians who are here to push new
treaty now give up all hope Of doing
any thing this session.
The Senate Judiciary Committee have
reported the bill in the Georgia case,
and require that the negro members shall
be restored to the Legislature 1t is said
by Georgians here that in view of the
certainty of this measure passing Con
gress, the Legislature, when it meets on
January l, will restore the negro mem
bers, and thus lay claim to immediate
Congressional representation, rather than
wait for this bill to pass.
The Ways ana Means Committee OF
the House, to day, decided in favor OF
reporting an amendment to the tax bill
providing that pork-pac!lers shall not
be taxed as manufacturers, and sustain
ing the position of Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue in suspending the col
lection of the tax.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-12-21

g"T The Savannah Republican says ;
1T is somewhat remarkable that our
distinguished Northern guests whom
we took so much trouble to bring to
Georgia, and who expressed themselves
delighted with every thing and every
body, no sooner reach their home than
a simultaneous fire commences along
the whole Radical line against our State,
with peremptory demands that Il military
despotism be again erected over her.
Like the frozen adder "thcy turn and
sting the hand that warmed them into
life"