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nuPlie NIP Times, Radical, gives in the
following the pleasure excursions the
various Congressional Committees are to
enjoy, at the expense of the tax payers,
th,ss summer: 9es .ais5.e.i5se 81 .,t
nds.Iihne was when the close of ses-
sion of Congress brought relief to its
committees. Or ii, hperchanee com
Iifittee found 8 coiitliMance of an inves-
3eStigation necessary, members remained
u W ashihetoii to coinluct it. That old.
fashioned mode of conducting business
no lehEer suits the House committees.
They propose to- turn the recess ITO
BReas suiAlile account, and oprove their
zeal in the public service by travelling
1ifheran thither with all the pomp and
circumstances OF Congressional author
ity,aat stlge poBIe expense. There seems,
iiSieed 20 Have 4een rather an undgni-
etied game a5fes9 among the cllairmen
t6neeffied to 'seeafe!the 7whemwithal for
;hSif enjoyment. The contingent fund
Is. Hot nnliniitcd, and the maxim, first
come first seryed,' has been applied to
Such purpose that little is left for inevi-
tallctxbeiiditures The choicest plum
has fallen into the lap of Mr.. Schenck.-
8 As head OF the Ways and Means Com
niittee, he has Secured ten thousand dol
lars to tlefray the cost of tour down
and across the continent An inspection
of custom houses at work is the pro
fessed Object of the trip, which will be-
gin: at New York and end at San Fran
Cisco With free railroad passes. and
fdihihg and wining all the way, ten thou
sandsslfotld bring back the investigators
handsomely. Three thousand form the
measure of Gen. Banks enjoyment,
'whiclris to be soughtoIa Cuba or Heaven
lnows9whcre; anda like sum has been
rmaile available by Mr. Bingham for a
ejasrut to Alabama in relation to Judge
Busteed. New Orleans being more ex-
-fensiye than Montgomery, it is not sur.
rfrising that Gen. Paine and his asso-
eiatcs, who are desirous OF working up
the Louisiana election cases, could not
seonsert to start with less than a snug
five thousand, (which should provide a
sufliciency of juleps for. the hottest
weather. Gen. Garfield and his Census
COMMITTEE. and Mr, Lynch and his
shipping COMMITTEES are provided for
with, three thousand and two tllousalid,
respectively. Even the Committee on
Retrenellment cannot forego its chances
Of recreation, for which a modest two
thousand is all that is available.
!. LAS to the plea that these wanderings
are undertaken in the public service, with
d view to the acquisition of knowledge
Or the, Performance Of work, we attach
no cfedence to it. i'''A
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loA Horrible DealIl..EE

The Cairo Bulletin Of the 18th says: :
While the sternwheel towboat Stella E3s
lying at our wharf this morning J6lin
Humes, of Louisville, and another man,
approached her stern in skif, ;stopping
at the wheel, by direction of the mate,
to attach line to one of the wheel arms.
This job aceomplisheda gHumes Yattemp-
ted tocrawl up between the pittman and
the fantail; but at the moment about
half his body passed through the wheel
commenced q revolution, the pittfnan
slowly but with q giants strength, clos
ing upon.the body of the poor man, like.
the blade ofan immense pair of shears.
crushing flesh and bones as it closed hup
on the centre, and of course stopped. In
this excrutiating and horrible condition,
Humeswas suspended, his hips and alb
domenpressedb and dcrushed into space
of three or four inches. With all his
faculties about him, the suffering man
screamed to the engineer to "back' and
relieve him; not to go ahead, for the
worst had not yet been reached. !, But as
stated, the wheel had stopped upon the
centre and comdanot be forced into a
backward revolution, In this situation
of affairs the only, thing that could sbe
done was done, Steam was applied, the
wheel made its forward revolution, Still
further crushing, mangling and grinding
the wretehed sufferer, until Q complere
revolution loosened the terrible grip sof.
the iron and timber upon his body,a and
letiim drop into the river below. dsStill
living the wounded man was picked sup
by parties in skiff, but by the, time. be.
reached the boat death came and ireliey.
ed him ofhis sufferings."
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gy The Radicals in Tennessee ha

gg The Radicals in Tennessee have
split into two factions. There will be
two candidates for Governor, Mr.. Sen
TER, the present Governor, and Mr.
STOKES. Owing to the Radicals having
control of registration, whereby the main
portion OF the white people are deprived
Of their votes, Nh JoItSsox will not be
a candidate ~ 81. IL. r. ...aEsA..-.
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BS-Engl,nd don't want, any moro
bonds. Ha! That's a specimen o.
IfI,olrwELL's and GRANT S financial ability
Call Sumner off, gentlemen. His ram
pant speech frightened Johnny Bull.
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THE UNION AS 1T WAS, AND
THE CONSTITUTION AS IT Is"
II hold that THIS Government was made
On the WHITE BASIS, by WHITE
MEN, for the BENEFIT of WHITE MEN
sud their POSTERlTY forever" ste
,hea d. Douglas.
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Take Nof!cc.

The Editor 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
tiee the sign: a-SpIRLT OFFICE. -
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To Voters.

Be very careful and mark your tickets
so that but one name will be left under
each heading. Should two names be
left under Sheriff, for instance, the vote
will not be counted for either.
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GSThe English Govefnnaont, refuses
to release HALrINE and the other Fenian
prisoners. Yieoufss the Administra-
ton will sribside, now that it has been
quietly sn,lbbcd in the matter.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-06-01

New YoRK, May 26,-It is reported
by well informed persons that ths. Span
ish Government will issue decree re.
questing that all citizens of the realm ol
the colonies, residing in foreign coun
tries, who may have property in Cubs
shall, within a stated period, register
their names with the nearest Consul ant
take the, oath ofallegiauce to their moth
Her country. A failure to comply Will
this order will render all property liable
TO seizure. f.
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Ey GRANT has been President not
quite three months and the news from
England is that no more American
bonds are wanted. That's, financial abil-
ity oryou! Read article on our fourth
plpe, .."
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Voters, BE On Y0Gr Guard.
ri Il. yE;s8uTa ---- fa-s.s-.. --
THE GOsUG "a ME.

The Democrats, Of Monroe are warn
elagainst being deceived by blank Ii cls
cts containing only thename of one can
didate for Representative and one fol
Treasurer. Aad there may be others put
in circulation than the ones printed a
this office Watch for. them, and dom
suffer yourselves to be driven to support
eag man s ~ y, 49, .-t
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Challenge

All Radicals who offer to vote on the 9Th
inst : and put the question to them :
iWill4you, support othe, full Democratic
Etick6a,atrtfei0 October election;? ,,f.
TIfthey s4heniia and shaw, and '.if, '
don't let them vote.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-06-01

An Englishman has invented a ma
chine which he calls desiccator, by
which hay can he made independently
of sunshine and i'll spite Of rain.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-06-01
To the Democracy Of Monroe
COUNTY,

safThe Convention viii take place on next
Saturday, the 9TH inst. We caution all
Democrats against reports that viii be
circulated, to deceive voters, daring the
present wcea, This much we say in be
hsdfBef allthc candidates before the peo-
plenEii4 r. aaEl4pa IS, ~ .Isf5,s
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WOodsfieId. May 20. 1863.

"a union of hearts, union Of hands,
A union that none may sever;
A union Of lakes. a union of lands,
The AMERICAN UNION FOREVER"
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TA large number of applicants
have been received by the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue within the past few
days from colored men in different parts
of the country for appointments to
clelkships in his bureau. 1t is probable
that one or two colored men will be ap,
pointed in the course of few days =
John LaDgsten, of Ohio, is strongly
urging the claim of a colofed friend ol
his. from. that State, and it is thought
the appointment will be made as reques,
ted by him
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-06-01

The last sheet of ice broke up and Sail,
ed down the Nova, April %, and all st.
Petersburg. fired cannon to celebrate the
opening of navigation
The quantity of wheat sens from Rus.
sia to England increase every year.
England draws more wheat from Rus
sia than from. any other country more
even than from the United States.
In England and Wales there are about
100000 women between the years Of.
twenty and forty, and of this number
1,24S,000 are unmarried. The question
is, what will become of them?
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-06-01

LONDON, May 25.-The Times this
morning, IN an editorial on the French
elections, says that the chief cities re
pudiate the idea of an Empire. A re
vival of political activity will be the re
suit, which condemns personal govern
ment, and the restoration of Parliamen,
tary Government may conciliate the ex
listing feeling. By such means only Can
the Emperor expect to mitigate an op-
position which has not yet become anti
dynastic.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-06-01

EThc Cuban patriots have estab-
lished Republic. The Presidents ad.
dress will be found in this issue.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-06-01

More married women in Marseiles,
France, have been arrested for poisfon-
ing their husbands and other mule rela-
tiyes.
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g RICHMOND, MayH24 Candy
has issued an order providing for7 an
election to be held on the 9th of July,
in accordance with the Presidents proc
lamation. The order provides for q re.
vision and enlargement of the. list of
registered voters in the State. 1t al
lows those entitled to vote. and these
having Eot previously done so, inclu-
ding those who have not arrived at age
at the previous registration, and grants
ten days, exclusive of Sunday, for the
registration, commencing the 14th of
June. Two white and two colored
challengers are allowed at each Of the
polls. The Superintendents of Regis
tration are also charged with the con
duct of the elections in their districts.
The general provisions Of all election
orders heretofore issued under the laws
of Congress are adhered to in this order
which covers sixteen printed pages.
Fiftysix army officers are ordered to
report to General Candy, to be assigned
as Registrators at the revision Of regis
tration which is ordered for June IA, to
continue ten days. The regulations is
sued by the commanding General for
the election are the same as heretofore,
except that not more than four hundred
shall vote at any one poll. No provis-
ion is made, as heretofore, for whites
and blacks voting at separate polls.
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rroe,amal ,ltI ton by the rres,dent.

Whereas the act of Congress, approv-
cd June 20, 1868, lconstitutedro ON and af-
ter that date eight hours daylss work
for all laborers, workmep, and mechan-
les employed by or on behalf Of the
Government Of the United States, and
repealed all acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent herewith a,-
Now, therefore, l, Ulysses S. Grant,
President of tie United State, do here.
by direct that, from and after this date,
no reduction shall be made.in the wages
paid by the Governmentby)thel day 10
such 1aborers. workmen, and mechanics
account of such, reduction Of the hours.
of labor. .i.sdGy-li69Ii .2dmog
In testimony1whereof have hereto
set my hand andscaused the seal Fefy the
United States to be affixed
gt Done at the city of Westinghouse this.
nineteenth day of May, in the year
[. S. of our Lord one Thousand eight
hundred and sixty niue, ,andof the
independence of tie United States
the ninety-third 80
.gJi}eL 4JI T. S; GRANT,
BY the President
l H1saIlLTeN FIsH, Secretary of State
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AUGusTA, GA, May 22.-Edwin Bal
cher, the colored assessor of the Third
District, publishes q card in to-day's
Chronicle and Sentinel, in. reference to
his letter published in the Washington
Chronicle and New York Tribune, de-
failing the murder Of MI Stone, one of
the expelled members of the Legislature
and of the negro man who WAS with Mr.
Adkins when he was killed.
Belcher says that he was misinformed
and, he believes, wilfully imposed upon
by certain persons here-as he now
learns on good authority that Stone and
the other person mentioned are living.
He also states that the letter was a rri-
vatc one to Senator Charles Sumner,
and regrets its publication. 80.
Special dispatches from Atlanta t.
Republican papers North announced the
murder of these two men by the. ku
KluX klan. There is no foundation fol
the report, and the statements were made
so serve the ends of certain parties in
this State who are fearful Of being de
priyed of their offices under the St;ltC
government. a-E7 ..........br,,.sa.5
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E%The attempt to navigate Salt Lake
has proven costly failure.
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EEearsicSS DcserfiOn.

Some time ago q prominent Radical
paper said "Grant was more deserving
of sympathy than of blame" There is
certainly something in his situation that
excites pity. He went into the Presl
dental chair with stronger backing thar
any other man in the country could
have had. Each day Of his Administers
ton has seen him growing weaker ant
weaker. until the time has come that
finds him impotent as to power over the
popular heart, and almost deserted by
the leaders who were once his warmest
applauders.
Even the Herald, the biggest boot
lick before real power, and the meanest
maligner of real weakness the country
has produced, now separates itself from
the fortunes of Grant. -a a..Ts..
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PARIS, May 24-The elections in
France for the Corps Legislatif resulted
as follows: Government candidates
elected, 1888; Opposition candidates elect
ed, 80. The number Of the Opposition
party in the last Corps Legislatif was
10. Among the members elected are
Jules Simon and Eug. Pelieton. Theirs
is probably defeated. ;,
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The Public Debt Of the United
s. States.

There was never such fraud as the
public debt Of the United States. Nomi-
nally amounting to $4,000 ,0O0,000, it
never cost its holders over half this
amount in coin. In the mean time, they
have realized in interest and in eXemp-
ton from taxation sum much greater
than that which was originally loaned.
We never promised to pay it in gold
The Committee of Ways and Means,
in the House of Representatives, more
than once voted down the proposition.
The interest WAS agreed to be given in
gold, but the principal was excepted
The ten-forties, one-tenth of the whole
bonds, were promised in coin, and were
admitted as the only bonds that were
payable in that currency. Hard as we're
our financial resources, none suppos d
that for the money we borrowed we
were to give two dollars or two dollars
and half for one
In their interest the English consols
and the French and German securities
are q or 3 per cent, hardly half Of that
which is given by the Americap States.
But this is not all Not one half of
the amount given by the hondholders,
small as it was, was ever realized by the
Government Full oae-half of that
amount was stolen in transitu by the
contractors, who, to large extent, were
the purchasers and the holders of the
bonds.
II the bonds are repudiated and nev-
er paid-if the holders never get cent
of the principal--they will still have re-
a.ized far more than they ever gave or
deserved. d.-Cn Eng. 1....r a.
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EMrs. Gaines has gone 10 New Or
leans, where, on the first of June, Judge
Wayne, of the Supreme Court, will open
the United States Circuit Court, and will
order the enforcement of the mandate of
the Supreme Court affirming Mrs. Gaines
right to her immense estate !; q mandate
which Iu6ge Durrell, of the District
Court, has refused to obey, The order
to execute being final, will, in the opin-
ion Of the ldy's. attorneys, result in
such offers Of liberal compromise by
the defendants, as the plaintiff will ac-
cept. This proceeding, therefore, is ex,
pected to be positively the last appear,
ance of the noted Gaines case in the
Courts.
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"Friend after friend departs;
.-, Who has not lost friend:
There is no union here of hearts,


a-, Who has not lost friend:
There is no union here of hearts,
That has not here an end"
After all the sickening batteries witt
which Bennett has beslavered the Prcsi-
dent, hear how he mocks at his calami
ties
We expected too much. But then il
must be assented that We have got much
less than we might even reasonably have
looked for We Lave get nothing, and
here it is that absolute failure is obvious
Grant was relied upon to do all, because
in his whole career he had seemed man
of common sense, common honesty and
resolute purpose. But his resolute pur-
pose has become puerile, vacillation; his
common honesty is nepotism, or worse
and common sense is the quality of all
qualities thai the Administration is most
without
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N-Well-posted Virginia politicians
write from Richmond that the State
Constitution will undoubtedly tie adopt
ed and the Conservative ticket elected
There is general disappointment among
the whites that the President did not
give the people chance to vote. down
the obnoxious township feature; but
even the acceptance Of that as whole
will not defeat the Constitution.
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New YORK, May 25.-The Herald S
Havana special says that the English
steamer Salvador returned to Nassau on
the Sth inst. from the north coast of Gu
ba, where she succeeded in landing all
of her men, ammunition and prisoners.
After her return she was seized by the
Receiving General for violating the for
eign enlistment act, and the Captain and
several Of the crew have arrived at Key
West. ts1af gs- -lsEcC s,.'et
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TFron tbs Fin tnci.el AMI Commereial Jurn. i.
Excessive Foreign EMln0vgations.

EIACSSSas 4 OEtsa &c sEsseSsEGIt0 Eas.
4 writer who still clings to the old
idea of protecting home interests by spe-
cial tariff legislation asks lis for n few
particulars Of the enormous imports of
the last four months at this port" We
have already given i'll Our regular weekly
statements, published in the daily and
scmi-weeil!y editions, complete details in
quantity and value Of the merchandise
landed at this port Bat we comply with
his request, and group together in a brief
summary the total imports at New York
for the first four months in each of the
last three years: ......
Dry GOods. 1851. 1868. 1869.
Mis- of wool,&l2O3S, 80 &8,Ol5,O9l sIo,5l7, ,l5l
% cotton, S,@25,GI4 5493452 S,529. .SS6
Do silk, 7,09h,0A3 7,l03lg9 g.591 80
Do flax, 5,S04Il3 40.9,926 gas, ,553
Miscellaneous, :i,;!52232J 316S, ,J:;3 3.22S,4!2
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PARIS, May 25-The excitement over
the elections is very great and the Boul-
veyards are crowded with people anx-
ious to hear the results. Further returns
announce the election of eight official
candidates, three Independent, two Dem
ocrats and two Liberals. In addition to
those reported this morning, Raspail,
Favere and Dorian are elected. ,rs.
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SAN FRAScIsco. May 20.-Japan al
vices state that political affairs are very
unsatisfactory The Mika,lo he'd left
Niolo, where, by his command, Il gen
eral congress of the Princes OF the En-
plre was expected to assemble in q few
weeks -...
The report that several leading Dali
miOs had surrendered their territories
and sovereign rights and privileges to
the MikadO is confirmed.
Apprehensions were entertained by
the Japanese that the Great Assembly
Of Daimios at Yeddo would lead to
trouble. An Imperial feet had left fol
liaAodadi to attack and oust Big Tegawa
but owing to an accident to the machih
cry Of the ram Stonewall the feet pu
back and anchored in Urga Bay. Grea
excitement prevailed in Hakodadi in eN
pectation OF an attack by the Mikado'
forces. One of the leaders of the Teg
AVA party was assassinated for advoca
ting surrender to the Millado
y steamer belonging to the Japanes,
was blown up while anchored off Yeddo
Reported sixty lives lost. s
The opening of Ieddo remained /;
dead letter. the Government having pla
ced every difficulty in the way Of busi
ness. Urgent remonstrances from tn
foreign ministers, il is believed, vii
cause the Japanese Government to rem
ely the evil. --....... e. ..f
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I E L e CIR A P Ii | 6 :.

LONDON, May 23.-The difficulty with
the Chinese Government, arising ont Of
the persecution Of Chri5ti:as in the
north, has been settled by ttlc latest dis.
patches from the British Legation at
PcIlin stGtg that dtc Mandarin who
countcnanced the prosecutions has been
removed from Office.
san FRANCISCO, May 20.-Mazatlah
adyices to May 6 have been received.
Official dispatches from General Paro
announce the termination of the revoiu-
tion in Sinaloa. The Government troops
attacked the Pronunciados in the noun
tains, and completely dispersed them,
killing Palmora5 and four subordinate
chiefs, togethe: with others The total
killed, 1861; prisoners, 42l.
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Carlos MANtEI. DE CEsrEpEs.
Guaimdro, -4pra 10, 1860.

PROCLAMATION op' PErsibESr CEspEpEs.
TO the People Of C9Bd: oas ii 5ci'.,sq
CoMpATRIors The establishment of a
free government in Cuba, on the basis of
democratic principles, was the most fer
vent wish of my heart. The effective re-
alization of this wish has, therefore en-
ough to satisfymy aspirations and am
ply repay the services which, jointly with
you, | may have been able to devote to
the cause Of Cuban independence, But
the will of my compatriots has gone far
beyond this, hy investing ne with tac
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BY the President:
H@MlLTos Fish, Secretary Of State