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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29
MAsHINRroN. April %.

Il
At u:20 p. M, the doors of the
Senate were thrown open, and Mr..
Abbott sent up to be read the words
uttered to-day. by Mr.. Sprague, telling
{. story about puppy and mastiff:.
and said his intention was to ask the
Senator from Rhode Island if he in
tended to apply the term puppy to
him. If he did, Mr.. Abbott intended
to ask for retraction as full as the
implication, and if that were refused.
his intention was to ask for satisfac7
ton out of this chamber. He gave
notice that inasmuch as the Senator
had sku1ked out of the chamber, he
intended to have satisfaction out OF
the. chamber.
Mr.. Sumner rose to point of or
der, and stated that the Senator had
avowed his intention to violate; the
law Of the land, ...,
Mr.. Abbott denied making any such
announcement.
= Mr.. Sumner insisted that he had vi.
olated the. rules of the Senate, and
called on the chair to take notice of it
At Mr.. Thurman's instance, Mr.
Abbott's words were read by the re
porter, and the President pro tenn. de
cided they were not necessarily a dec,
laration, of intention to violate the law
of the land, .-.s
dos Mr., Thurman submitted that thu
words required an explation at thu
hands of the Senator. -.. r.- IA
f. Abbott stated that he was not a du
ielist; he. was not educated as duel
list, and did not mean that sort of thing
but he meant to say the Senator mus
i make retraction as broad as the asser
ton" [Cries of "order."]
+ Mr.. Nye (soto voce)-Spank him.
81 Mr.. Wilson moved to go into exec
-utiye session.
B. Mr.. A Abbott contended that h
should have that satisfaction outsid
3ithis chamber. .... ao .t -
The President put the question, ant
the Senate again went into executive
session. . teiiIffts g. ..s f- NJ.
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A Passage-at-Arms Between sprague and

A Passage-at-Arms Between Sprague and
The Senate devoted two hours open
session on the I'D inst, to Rhode
B1sland.F I Mr.. N9e first. took the floor
to defend himself from csw.ge which
Spfagae Of that State had made, that
he (Nye) was a charlatan and a harle-
quin, and, having done that, he pro-
ceeded to show that General Burnside
was not the coward at Bull Run that
Sprague, in his last speech, alleged.
Abbott, of North Carolina, Gamer
on, Chandler and Brownlow, then
spoke in support of Burnside's mill
tary reputation after which Sprague
rose with huge pile of manuscript,
and said that he did not propose to
reply TO the defense that had been
made of Burnside, but would leave
the latter to the people of Rhode
Island. AS to the Senate and its tenn
porary Presldent-Mr. Anthony-Mr.
Sprague fairly filled the chamber with
epihiets. Why said he, "a few
days ago, our presiding officer-forced
to come to the rescue of his hackers
and owners, under the plea of privi-
lege, which constitutionally belonged
to member alone-deemed it neces-
sary to make an issue of the truth and
veracity between a fellow-Senator
standing here under the solemn obli-
cations of his oath, and under the call
Iopy Of his senatorial privileges, and
certain outside barbarians no more
entitled to recognition on this floor
than the cut-throats and thieves that
swarm the purlieus of our Cities
Why do Senators not do the same for
the famous Commodore Vanderbilt,
| or the Infamous Jim Fisk? Is there
anything left in the constitution of our
fathers that remains sacred yet, against
which you do not dare to raise your
parrfcidal hands? How are the mighty
fallen! How have the majority of
the Senate siiamefully belittled this
august body? Verify, whom the gods
wish to destroy they first make mad" !"
He concluded by declaring that he
(Sprague) was neither drunk nor era
~, and held up an immense bundle of
1ehefs from all parts of the country
sustaining his recent course.
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The Now Radioal Organ.

II The Newark On. j. Journal asserts
positively that the new radical party,
The Imperialist, is siedited under the
auspices, and at the cost of the secre-
tary Of the Navy, Mr.. Adolpn Borie. y
The Joaynal says:
u "In the short space of eight years,
from a people exceedingly jealous of
their liberties, we have submitted to
outrages upon the guaranteed rights OF
citizens, and one usurpation after an
other, until we have become abject
and submissive in the extreme. a
/ decade ago, had the following, which
we extract from The ImperIalist, been
published, it would have cost the edi-
tor his life, certainly, the property OF
his office:
":The name of the form of govern
ment is matter of little consequence
The Empire IS peace. Shall qce refuse
1t, because sce IKE not the name Of the
tgicer2a To-day The Impertdlist raises
the, banner. of the Empire against. the
red flag of Republican anarchy
'tAnd yet this treason to the nation.
ality, this insult to the memories o.
our heroic and patriot dead, are passed
1over in respectful silence by some, and
openly approved by others, to the
number of thousands. who are doing
their utmost to extend the circulation
lOf this sheet Nor does If lacE fO,
Influential backing. a prominen
member Of Grants Cabinet stand
forth as its financial sponsor. Gran
himself lends countenance to til,
scheme By aiding eoith money anc
means ats circulation among hi
friends. Already numbers are mailed
to the heads of that secret armed or
ganization, the Grand Army of til,
Republic, that has its posts scattered
throughout this land"
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sympathy 4sotfP tP tho 4sSo,idierrss..

g-f.EH IL 4 3 4 iah
When General Grant became Presi-
dent, all the Federal offices in Cincin-
natl were held by soldiers, with one
exception but they have all had to
walk the plank to make room for ci-
villains. The Enqaia'e,. instances the
following: aa,..,,, ~. !.
General Durbin Ward, a wounded
and disabled soldier, has been removed
from the position Of United States
District Attorney. A civilian sue;
ceeds him. '' .........a.-'. : =
General Stephen McGroarty,, who
was wounded twenty-one times, in,
Guiding! the loss of an arm, is super
seded as Collector Of the Second Dis
trict. A citizen is appointed in hi
stead. -. - -. -, -,
General Neff, the Cuisstom1-house so5ff so5ff
fcer,, is turned out, and a non-combat.
ant during the war now holds ths
commission - -, -, .-.,
Major Megrue, the Assessor in th'
Second District, is, rotated out of hi.
Office, and a citizen is appointed. s.. e.,
General Rosecrans, of this city, VIII,
was Minister to Mexico, is removed
and civilian from Indiana: a::nominatet
in his stead. ...- a., -.
General Peter J. Sullivan, of tn
Forty eighth Ohio Regimen, n Miiilniste
to Bogota, is sumlmarily. turned d. out vt
in this instance, we believe, a soldie
is appointed. ...,...,. ..;..a,,.
Can anything more be needed t.
show the heartless hypocrisy of tn
professions of sympathy for the sol
diers so loudly proclaimed by the rad
icals before the election?
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A deHiigh Old iTime'' at Columbus,

'a On Monday last, the House bill to
iegalize eight per cent. interest was was up
in the Senate, and the opponents of
/ the measures sought to postpone it,
and would have succeeded but for the
fact that Che friends Of the bill absqtiisat-
ulated, and broke upa quorum, and
thus prevented any action on the.
question. She lSefgeantLat-a11ns was
despatched for absehtees but failed to
find theh1i!lf "A warrant was then is
sued and seventeen Of the Senators
were arrested and were to be brought
before the Senate on Tuesday morn
ing. -sa1',f5- 'l'-' '' 80 .''' '
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% The 4cc,a,Tnnee2fLBaae.rrer...

!, The Chicago Q 1tsttbttael is a Radical
paper Of the ultra stripe, of which
Mr.. Medill, formerly of the Cleveland
Leader, is the senior proprietor. He
has recently been on a visit to Louis
lana, where he has had ample oppor-
4unity to learn the: character: Of, those
pet lambs of the Radical party-7the
carpet -baggers-of whom he says in
his paper: ti.. r., -.
-oi They {ex-rebels) entertain an ire
vocable animosity toward carpet-bag
.office-seekers, and Z really cannot
blame them, for it is deplorable fact
that a large majority. of these gentry
are scamps and thieves; rotten Il, drift
wood, who have been tfioated down
the Mississippi and squatted on on the
Offices, They bring disgrace on N the
party to which they profess to belong.
They possess as keen a Scent and as
ravenous = an All appetite for piqlnder, as
the vultures who fill the ali: have for
putrid eareasses, The difference be-
tween these birds Of prey Y is that the
former feast Oh the substance Of living
men, while the latter e Content them.
selves with tie ecarcaasssess 81 Of dead ami. hi
mails. It would be- safe to enter inter the
Louisiana carpet -baggers for pilfeir..
ing, REGULATING and sco6ndrelism, ii
CONNECTION with any OF. the trade Ii
any other part Of the SOUTH" south ,..,1,,, .2',,,,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29
Radical Portraits (by Radical PENS

o7 Radical Portraits (by Radical Pens il
u The New York Times, Rep.) makes
the following remarkable confession
concerning the Legislature of the En-
spire State :ort i399nEi ltJ.& ,94G % s,la
cit s,perfectly true that the RepuB-
! licans hayea majority in both Houses,
and have the votes to, stop this sort of
stealing, if they wanted to-. The in
jference is irresistible that they don't
want TO. Honesty Is not one of the
principles of the party4-is never in
sisted on as a party measure y IiisitH.
The Harrisburgh. d Ra.) Journrl,
RadicaD says it. is admitted, by all
men Of all parties; and in all circles,
that the Pennsylvania Legislature of
1869, was the most venal and corrupt
body of men that ever sat in delfbera-
ton in the State Capitol. 1t gives the
following as all illustration: -7eJs'! s''.l
sDivoree bills were openly sold in
| the Hobbies and the rotunda n Divorce
bills once killed could bedreViyed, al
though the, proceeding was in. direct
\ opposition, to positive, rule. just when
ever the parties were willing to pay.
For So, 900 any 1l1an9 could divorce his
wife ; for a protest. any ivoluptuous
wife of easy virtue ,, could fling her
husband away. by the aid of the Di-
: vorce7 Committee Of the House, which
lCommittee was' lercely accused, in
open session of the .Housey of taking
bribes. The tax on petroleum and
coal was bought through the House
and when it reached the Senate S2,O0t
liza vote was offered for its passage. The
money to buy the Cattle Bill through
was exposed as fully, in both branch.
es, as are the funds of a sheep drovel
1fwhen he is in the market to purchase
stock. -,
"We repeat our declaration that 8
moro dishonest and corrupt legisla;
tive body. than that just adjourned
: never occupied the Capitol q, Penn
z SNaAAaf q ri4.a fg,i.iG -gs-sEfE
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29

il MAD DoGs.-The Plain Dedlef is in
formed that asdog suffering from hy-
dropho biai was killed on West Side,
Cleveland, on. Tuesday afternoon, af-
ter it had bit a, steer, and that atanother
dog, with all the symptoms of hydro
l,phobia, was shot on Broadway. q That
paper says:l: HItis time that ours of
high and low degree were being shot
or mllzzled. A gentleman, in walk
from the Union Depot to his residence
on Lake streets near Ontario, the other
morning, counted twenty-six dogs,
and there are thousands of useless ours
around the city, whose taking off
would injure no one.n ids sls4HI" ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29

The House of Representatives has
passed bills placing $2,OOo,OO0 at the
disposal of the President 'fto preserve
peace with the Indians" and $4,000, 900
at the disposal of the Secretary Of War
"for the repair extension, preserya-
ton and completion of works for the
improvement of rivers and harbors =
each to disburse his S2,0oO,O00 at his
absolute discretion, without check
or control .or. aJ1 ia f4eq ss5ai
Perhaps there are individuals u ilFl lI who
if they had a couple of millions to lay
out would entrust them in this way
to o, S. Grant or J. A, Rawlins-bpt
would you, reader? ?...
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29

Z y .
IN six. weeks General Grant sent to
the United States Senate not less than
a thousand nominations for Federal
offices. Nearly all these nominations
were to fill the places of men in his
own party, who contributed to his
own election. He has used the politi-
cal guillotine far more remorselessly
upon. his, political friends than any
former President ever did upon his
opponentsl Among these appoint
ments are embraced all his relations
and all the men who ever made him q
present of any description. The dis
tribution of offices by General Grant
has been merely for the payment OF
personal debts -i-s,.4 ..o., i
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29
T,s..,,Free Trade.

@r
The. Rey. Henry Ward Beecher, u.s. in
favor of free trade in commerce, .re7
ligion and politics, In. q speech late-
ly delivered before q brooklyn, Free
Trade League, he pays the following
left handed compliment to the party
in power: iFn9i g sEoas i7G.fg4 GG~t o] IL
g In this nation to-day we have
more to fear from bribery than from
any other source. Every man is
bound to labor to purify the Govern Govern
ment or We are swtamped. The Gov!
.ernment cannot afford to permit these
corrupt influences to grow in her
midst, foff bribery is a battering ram "a m
which she can never withstand. He
believed there, were men in the nation
who could not BE! bougfif, but they
did not go in regiments. No man
could tell how he would feel if Of
.fered 100000 for his vote. Some
there are, who if put up at auction,
with all their powers, mental, moral,
and physical, would not bring S.,
while as a Legislative member he will
sell for $l5O,0OO, and why ?Abeeause
he holds within his control the decis-
ion Of 10000 men. Protective tariff
lis bringing to Washington just jus this
class OF men4ai class more potent for ff1l
than any ever born in this llsli land, ID .
And yet Beecher will continue to
run the Radical machine o'iat 3l'l si2
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Another spani.f, Outrage.

New YORK, April ga private
letter states that on the 18th in st., the
Schooner Ella NJ. Powell, from Ma
chias, Me-, while in British wafers Of
the Great Bahama Islands. Ayas fired
at and brought to by Spanish war
vessel, and her papers and cargo ex-
amined, but finding that the Powell
had nothing contraband aboard, the
spaniards Permitted bher to proceed
on her voyage without further moles-
49,,
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DIR. SELDNTTzKY, a young Polish
physician, recently read to the MEM
bers of the medical academy of War;
saw, an essay in which he declared
that Koumiss, the famous liquor of
the Calmucks, was usure remedy
against consumption and other diseas-
es of the lungs and chest; which he
said were entirely unknown among
those rowing tribes of Eastern Russian
Koumiss, which le recommends to all
consumptives,as certain, cure,i is ia
liquor made by fermenting mares OF
camels milk, from which the Calmucks
obtained by distillation in intoxica-
ting spirit. i, ts,iit a!G .-ira., i#aHe ra
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29

. GENERAL SPINNER declares that by
being torn currency has lost nothing
Of its current value, and that the de-
lpartment is bound to receive it, both
from internal revenue collectors and
repositories. Secretary Boutwell, CO.
incides in this opinion. In conse
quence of this, the crazy order of last
week has been rescinded. f,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29

Mr.. DANA, the well-known editor
of the New York Sspl, is exceedingly
disgusted with the course pursued by
General Grant Dana was one Of the
Presidents earliest friends, and for 2
long period was a persistent Teulpgist,
But he now sees that he was admir-
ing shadow'-that the Gen. Grant glIi q ot
his imagination was as different from
the Grant of reality as it is possible to
conceive. Everywhere the feeling ii
that Grant has been weighed in the
administration balance and found
waptin.g 'biS4"'ih 20
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29

The New Lisbon Patriot says =
"One day last week Mr.. James Bald
win, farmer residing about three
iniles west of this town, who has for
some time been very sick, without any
prospect of recovery, apparently died,
and the undertaken being sent for, his
friends were in the act of laying him
out preparatory for burial, when, to
their great establishment, he showed
evident signs of life, and in a few
minutes came to. He is yet alive, but
no hopes are entertained Of his recov-
a,1t - i-i 30 Jl'i' 70 At's'i' % 'tf'@'ii -.'A'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29

LAST Friday night, as Mr.. Samuel
Gardener was proceeding to fhe resi-
dence in the outskirts of Salem, he
was assaulted by two ruf1ians, and se-
verely beaten. But for the timely hr-
rival Of his son he would have sus.
tanned, no doubt, more serious inju-
ries.-Patrioti y H2HH;i"s !A2h
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u .tTI5FSe1I' y II = ''
MANTUA CORRESPONDENCE.

" The profits of the apple eropeof this
town having been very sremnneratige
for alffeM years past, several farmers
have turned their attention to the
planting of new orchards. Hast year
+. A. Derthiek setlopt about 1000 trees
and this season. C. j. Moore has set
5000 trees, while many are trimming
and improving their oldi orchards.
MUCH more improvement, is needed
and can can be made: among7the old or
chaEds, by ploWing and stirring the
soil with q thorough mapu.ing. A.
moderate sized treetf can be made to
produce from five, to ten barrels of
fair fruit, worth from ten to- twenty
dollars, with little more labor rthaps it,
requires to- raise a bushel Of cern+ Z o
pa Ogr fellow tqwpsman, Mr.. Frank
BlaiE has just returned from the
Land of Gold, on theqshoresoof the Pa
cifc, where, he has sojqurned : for q
year past. His, healthy and TO bust
appearance gives evidence that he has
not been kept, on q short allowance
during, his absence. He fully eorrob-
'orates the marvellous stories that are
told of the wonderful ,productionsbof OF
Fthat rich and fertile region. u His jour-
dney thence was accomplished in seven
days. having travelled by way of Great
Salt Lake across the mountains 9and
plains to 0mahas the most ofthe way
on the Pacific Railroad. s13Ga5- III
f. Me-. Dudley Carlton, one of ON
pldest residents startso this week fol-
Minnesota, ito spend a part Of the
summer there with his clildren.,J He
4 goes in company with Mr.. Alfred
liDay formerly ansold resident of Maii-
4 tua but who has resided i'm Minnesota
for the last ten wears, but returned to
Ohio short time, since, to bury his
youngest daughter .diir4 .ai;ii lia1
lf4 &c Veritas y
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HIRAM coRREspoNnENcE.

| 1n his towAship there nsyer was 4
| betterpromiseofan abundant wheat
crop han at the pressht time. The
peach trees give sFidesce Of q more
tllhn dan ordinary yield, and, ifinsects ana
weather donot interpose, the lovers OF
that delicious fruit will be supplied at
reasonable prices. 1t is yet too early
to form an opinion as to the prospects
/ fpF cher ffuItS.r q 4 ~
The farmers of this township have
been very anxious to have the I" Stock
Law" enforced. Last year the trustees
refused to grant any special permits"
but the streets We're we'll giazed sby
cattle and sheer, and nobody enforced
the law, either from ignorance Of its
provisions, or acting upon the idea
that, ''what is everybodyas business is
nobodyis btsiness!vIof II f9l'no"
This year the Trustees have enacted
thatFtstsaN1atctU for cattle to be fat
; 1aygeyy IN the itot0nship, and the order
or eadctmeft, applies to sheep goats
and geese JFhey have also ordered
the Constable to post notices through
out the township, notify ing the people
that ''all violations ofithe law viii be
punished toathe full extent of the law
Where the trustees get theii. authority
for such proceeding is very obscure.
1t is supposed, that, as theii' brethren
of the Rump, find slatent powers in
the Il Constitution to justify theif
usurpations, softhe trustees have found
flatent powers" in the stock law, or,
! it may! be g a military necessity" that
I'caused the ukase=fosbe issued. 'Flfe
trustees have also causeda a Pound to
/ be constructed on the premises of Al
yahF Udall, and appofnted ETA. iUdall
as keeper last Friday fourteen cows
owned at the Rapids, were gobbied
4 up and impounded. One of the own
Iers of the cows demanded them Of the
constable who had'them iii keeping
and they were surrendered without
payment of fees, as, upon examination
/ it was found that the trustees had
failed to make aireeordi Of itheir. pro
eeedings, causing d. Pouhdito be con-
strueted, and appointing a Keeper &C
1a There has been two transfers of real
estateslafely .ed Mr.. Horton, one and.
halfiniles east Of the center sold twen.
ty acres to Seth Chamberlain for $500
! The house and LOT at the center, otceu.
1 pied by Mrs. McMilIen mas been sold
| to D.2D! Huha1nerston for $1,000. II =
In raE .gLt LiEla ..L-Inoa I'D .IAfr J.
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d TIMES are hard, money scarce, opro-
andg everybody dissatisfied
end aespondent, and yet, many people
voted for just such a. state of affairs
last fall. iAint they pleased with the
present condition Of things? 'Rah for
IGrauti
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THE ReDu61tcaa. the negro organ il

The Republican, the negro organ in
New Orleans authorisfkely amour
ces that p. d S. PincRBack will. Dc
cline the appointment of Registek Of
the Laisd Ofice in that city. So that
foSf men haFe been found WHO re
fuse to take office under Grant negro
Basset, of Philadelphia; colored Clay,
of New Orleans yello W Pinchback, of
New Orleans: and Illuminated Dana,
of New York.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29

30 YOUNG men who complain Of I'M
even sidewalks will find them smoQ tn
er Oh going home at an earlier bnur
in the evening. L,gs. ,..... JUe
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-29

Ina discussion with a tempera nee
lecturercr a topper asked "If water
rots your boots, what effect must, it
have on the coat of your stomach r.
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.
THE,spANlsB MISSION,

The decision of the President 70 ap-
point General Sickles Minister to
Spain has aroused a strong opposition,
not only from The friends Of Mr.,
Hale, the present Incumbent, but from
the friends of Mr.. Sanford, the reject
ed applicant. Senators say that Mr..
Sanford was rejected to enable Mr..
Hale to- remain there and vindicate
himself from the charges of corrup-
ton made against him.