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independence Of CUBA.

The following is the joint resolution
for the recognition of the independence
of Cuba, introduced in the House OF
Representatives by Mr.. Robinson:
WHEREAS, By the recent revolution in
Spain the party claiming the right to
hold Cuba in subsection was banishcd
from the kingdom; and
WHEREAS, The people of Spain, thus
establishing for themselves the right Of
self-governmcnt, cannot consistently
deny that right TO the people Of Cuba ;
and
WHEREAS, Said people Of Cuba have
for four months successfully resisted the
foreign invaders who, without color of
international law, are now pouring
troops into the country to stille the free
voice and crush the liberties of that
brave people; therefore
Resolred, That the committee on
Foreign Affairs be instructed to report
forthwith bill recognizing the indie
pendence of Cuba, as we have recog-
nized the independence of Spain, from
the oppressors of both
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-02

FThe Washington correspondent
OF the Commercial has the following con-
corning the Congressional ball.
81 am here only as the brief chroni-
cler of events. and have no opinions of
my own, one way OF the other. So far
as am individually concerned, believe,
If went to the ball at al!-and that
won't do would as soon kick up my
Aeels to the magic strains of horse hair
and cat gut in company with well
dressed, well behaved colorcd gentleman,
as an unwashed Democrat And / am
not very aristocratic in my tastes. But
the fact is patent, that if our colored
friends persist in going, and it is known
that they are to be admitted, the attend.
snce of white women will be sparse"
DosE is certainly aware that it is "'ust
ss man pc raised. II he pc raised to
dance init nisgers. Why, be dances init
dem"
Notwithstanding "the attendance Of
white women will he sparse" if niggers
are admitted, the correspondent will con-
tent himself with having quiet jig in
some darkey quarter, all to himself
Poor DoSs! The Managers deserve
eensuring for not inviting him to "kick
mp his heels" with his associates of the
cotton field and 'bacca patch.
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sfgns OF Revolt Against the Jaco.
BIN Club.

There are symptoms Of mutiny in the
Republican camp at Washington, and
signs of damaging revolt against the
ruling ring of the Senate, the Jacobin
club. There was caucus on the 22d
ult--a very remarkable caucus-of the
Republicans of the Senate on the repeal
Of the Tenure of Office law, and from the
reports at hand Of the sayings and doings
OF this caucus the first steps have been
taken in the great movement of dethron.
ing King Caucus with the Jacobin Club.
The advocates Of repeal of the obnox-
ious law, pushed the douhting Radicals
80 the corner Of asking suspension of
the repeal till the 4th of March. They
want GRANT to show his hand before
they give him this vote of confidence
twenty-five members, it appears, were in
favor of the postponemeht--a majority
Of the caucus, but not majority Of the
Republicans in the Senate. The minor
ity of the caucus, it next appears, broadly
intimated that they would not be bound
by this decision; and if this be true we
may say that the power Of the Jacobins
Is broken and that new political revolu-
tion is begun in the disintegration of the
party in power over the spoils. Good.
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1.-THE WO.WORN POoR.n
How they are treated by the pu-
rft:snic neutrality-suspicious.
nv Western BaYS,ariahS.


Extract from editorial article In the
Pittsburgh Dispatch,-an independent
Republican newspaper,-February s.
We cannot help but regard sworn
statements, and from these we leaar that
in many ofthe Massachusetts poor hous-
es and in some of those of northern New
York, state of things exists which is
Disgraceful and Barbarous in the last
degree.
The evidence shows that the paupers
in these institutions were poorly fed, and
forced to eat meat which was putrid and
badly decayed, and were not allowed
butter but once week. They were
given but so many minutes in which to
eat, and if caught eating longer were
booted and driven away from the table.
Women and children have been shut up
in cells for weeks upon bread and water
without fire, for the most trifiing offence
Old men and women were forced to labor
when scarcely able to stand upon their
feet. In fine, crime and cruelty have
absolutely run riot.
Ifthis is the state Of things in the East
we may well indulge in a feeling of.pride
that our paupers are treated far differ
entity. A visit to the Allegheny County
Home will convince any one that our
helpless poor are carefully and kindly
tended in sickness and health. They
have good food and plenty of it, and
through much labor is done on the fine
farm attached we have yet to hear of the
first instance in which any one has been
compelled to labor who was not able to
do SO. The cheerful look ofthe inmates
is, however, the best testimony to their
good treatment. and we are confident
that few poor houses in the country can
show happier looking set of inmates
than ours.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-02

EF When Mrs. Senator Patterson
found herself the ''first lady in the land,"
she made this remark, which has been
the keynote of the feminine department
of the White House from that eventful
day to the present time: ave are plain
people, from the mountains of Tennes-
see, called here for short time by a
national calamity; trust too much will
not be expected of u.s." When Anna
Surratt threw herself PROSTATE upon the
floor of one of the ante-rooms Of the
White House, begging piteously to see
Mrs. Patterson, she said: Tell the
girl she has my sympathy, my tears, but
l have no more right to speak than the
servants of the White House" When
the pardon brokers" trailed their Shiny
lengths every where about the mansion,
they never dared cross a certain enchant-
ed pathway, and the faces of any lobby
ist setin this direction has always bought
up in the end against stone WALL
Wash. Correspondent.
1t was not so in Mrs. Lincoln's time.
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MADRID. February 23.-In the Corte

MADRID, February 23.-In the Cortes
yesterday Serrano officially announced
the resignation of the Provisional Gov.
ernment. General Prim, Minister of
War, in an address, assured the House
that the late dynasty would never reas-
cend the throne. Admiral Topite, the
Minister of the Marine, asked the House
to pass an act of indemnity for the navy
for its acts during the recent rebellion.
Subsequently the House passed vote
of thanks to the retiring Provisional
Government, although the Republican
members opposed it with unanimity.
The House, by large vote, entrusted
Marshal Serrano with full executive
powers for the time being, and granted
him the authority necessary for the
of a new ministry General
Caballero de, Roda is to succeed Gen.
Dulce as Governor General of,h Island
II t'uba
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r E L E G. r A p II | G.
Rejection Of the Alabama Claims
Treaty by the Senate judiciary
COMMITTEES,

WASHINGTON, February 1S.-The Sen
ate Committee on Foreign Relations
held special meeting to-day to consid
er definitely the terms of the Alabama
treaty. After some debate they conclu'>
ded unanimously to instruct the chair
man, Mr.. Sumner, to draw up report
stating the grounds of thcir refusal to
accept the terms of the treaty and to
propose its rejection by the Senate
Each member had Some prepared to de-
eide npon this conclusions and the only
matter OF discussion was whether to- re
port this session or the next. 1t was
finally determined to report before tho
end of the present session. The Com
mittee agreed that the treaty failed to
fulfill its legitimate purpose and was al
together irregular in being made to do :
eide claims other than those arising
purely out of the action of the Cenfed-
crate privateer built in British port
and sent from there to prey on American
commerce. They based the objection to
its character wholly on this ground.
They maintain that the case of the Ala
bama is purely specific and cannot bs
legally or otherwise made to cover any
other extraneous matter in other inter-
national issues. To@sum up the cntire
feeling of the committee, it is simply
expressed in the idea that the Alabama
claims and these alone, must be the sub
ject of consideration before any others
can be entertained.
The committee also agreed to recon-
mend to the favorable action of tho
Senate the Naturalization treaty mado
with England. Also the treaty leaving
to the government of Switzerland the
arbitrament of the San Juan dispute be-.
tween the United States and Crest
Britain. ~
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-02

BLACK PHlLANTHRorr-"M. N. Tup,
per, missionary" writes to the Mission
ary Record, from Raleigh, North Caro-
lima: "On Monday morning the Bureau
gave me $500 to complete my rooms Tor
colored theological students" This is
the way the peoples money goes, to
teach negroes theology. There are hun
drcds of thousands Of poor white men
who cannot educate, or even properly
feed and clothe their own children, be-
cause they are SO horribly taxed to teach
negroes theology Pa. Re
publican.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-02

HThe following proceedings in the
q. S. Supreme Court. on the 10th ult.,
settles the case Of Davis:
"The United States, plaintiff in error,
against Jefferson Davis. Certificates of
division in opinion between Chief Justice
Chase and Judge Underwood, of the
Circuit Court for the District of Virginia.
On motion ofsAttorney General Evarts,
II was ordered bv the Court that these
certificates Of division be dismissed"
Did the Democrats prevent the trial
and hanging of JEFF. DAVIS? Let some
hanging, ralid Radical answer.
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PrOtection--Ships and Commerce.

Protection and the taxes generally
make material so dear that ships cannot
be built in the United States save at
prices much higher than they can be
built for elsewhere. Then our mer-
chants perhaps buy their ships elsewhere !?
No, the law absolutely prevents "the i'm
portation of ships" so as to protect the
home builder BY this fine piece of leg
islation, then, we are prevented encour-
aging foreign shipbuilders while our
own stand idle? Not at all; we are
merely prevented from owning ships.
We are not permitted to own those built
in foreign countries; and we cannot af-
ford to own those that cost twice as
much as the ships that foreign merchants
own. Thus we hand over our trade to
the foreign merchants. Thanks to "pro-
tection," the people of other countries
have the shipbuilding and the trade also,
and there is little confusion in the pub
lie mind as to who is protected"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-02

The PARDON BUsINEss.-The constitr.
tional amendment imposes disabilities on
not less than one hundred and fifty thou
sand persons, and the iron clad test oath
on some seven or eight millions more
Congress graciously relieved one or two
hundred persons the other day, and their
whole work of magnanimity for the ses-
sion may reach three hundred in all be-
fore they close. This is, indeed, pro-
gress toward Cancellation; and if the
same rate be kept up, by the close of the
present century there will be few persons
needing the clemency Of these truly gen.
erous men. Let us have pcace.-Na-
tioaal Intelligencer.
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lnlnnrsanf Arrest.

ST.. PAUL, February 19.-Detectiyo
Moses Sargent, of Boston, and City
Marshal Fits, Of Newbnryport, Mass
achusetts, assisted by Chiefs of PolicS
Major McIlrath, of St. Paul, and Day,
of Minneapolis. arrested Leonard Cheate,
the alleged incendiarv, that has been
such terror to Newburyport for 80
many years 1t is estimated that over
fifty buildings, including four churches,
have been burned by him. The arrest
was made some fifty miles above tho
Falls of st. Anthony, whittier he had
fed when learning he was suspected
He was taken from a log cabin last even-
ing, and has just arrived in this city.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-02

A bed of the purest chalk has been
discovered near Omaha, not more than
forty feet from the Missouri River. Sam
pies have been received at st. Louis.
The N. Y. Herald says it is rumored
that Gen. Butler, and Fisk, of Erie fame,
are about to establish paper in Spring
field, Mass, in opposition to Bowles, of
the Republican.
1t is said that there is not a single
whisky distillery in operation at the pres.
ent time in New York city. The last
one closed its doors on Friday. The
supplies are now largely drawn from
Philadelphia.
Miss Lizzie Boynton, Of Crawfords-
vile, Ind, having lectured on the sub
ject, After Suffrage, What p received
answer, the other day, in the shape of an
old pair Of trowsers.a pick..x and dull
razor.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-02

Eg The country, in its condition Of
kHsiness depression and erhousting tara
ton, cannot afford to keep up eternal
@ra ,rdr against the trhite people Of the
South, in the form of prosecuting legis-
lation to keep them in state Of suhju
gation~or enslavement to carpet bag mer
cenaries, negro militia or, perchance, an
occasional tyrant Of the regular army.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-02

&TThe evidence of modification and
disappointment on tile part Of some Of
the old leaders, and the bulk of them at
that, over GRANTS independence, bodies
> coming storm There is rumbling in
the political clements that pretty certain
" indicates laundering time ahead-a
laundering that cannot remain pent up
long after the 4th inst.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-02
The State OF Texas.

The Reconstruction Committee have
under consideration the State of Texas
and what to do with it. The question
is whether it is to be admitted under its
new constitution. which excludes many
thousands of its population for their
sympathy in the rebellion, OF whether
the admission shall be with those claus
es stricken out. General Reynolds, late
commander of the department, has
been before the committee. He don't
like the people of Texas, who, it is said,
in return of the compliment, don't like
him w. Vhsslfng Regster
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-02

FThe editor of the Chronicle writes
to his paper in Philadelphia, stating
twice over that "Gen. Grant is and in
tends to remain in thorough accord with
Republican principles and the Republi-
can organization; and that ho-has taken
care to indicate erery day that he is com.
pletely identified with the Republican
party"
1t is singular that the state of hostility
to Gen. Grant in Radical quarters has
risen to such pitch as to necessitate tie
above Observation-Disclosures Inteltigen.
cer
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Colorado TO be Admitted.

They say that one of the first acts of
the new Congress will be to admit Col
orado as State of the Union. The only
object is to get two more Republican
Senators into body in which the Re-
publican majority is already too large
for the good Of the country. Colorado
has not a population of twenty thou
sand, exclusive Of buffaloes and grass
hoppers, and its topography is such that
it never can sustain a population to en-
title it to admission on terms fair and
equal to the other States. Wade and
Sherman are both champions of the
"new State"-but fortunately Wade will
not be in the Senate after the 4th Of
March to rob his own constituents Of
their power in the Senate by putting
them on par with the wildcat inhab-
itants of Colorado AS to the personal
of the Senate, l don't think the addi
ton of two scrubs will hurt it much.
That body is very much in the cond;-
ton ola gentleman who once said to me
that he didn't care how much the papers
pitched into him, and explained the cause
of his in difference by adding: I'm down
so id low now that they can't hurt me,
and, if they move me at all they must
elevate me-" It's very hard to injure
the intellectual or moral status of body
in which Ben Wade is presiding officer,
to which Stewart, OF Nevada is chief ex-
FOUNDER of the Constitution, where ST.
mon Cameron moves for committees OF
investigation, where Harlan, of Iowa rep
resents the religious element, and where
Drake, of Missouri, tell people what 10y
atty consists of-a body which less than
twenty years have transferred from the
nations pride to the nations humiliation
which once was the glory but now is
the shame Of America. MACK.
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kgThe will Of the late Sol. Smith,
contains the following clause: IL request
that no one will wear mourning for me,
as ] expect to go Immediately into a
world of happiness, at which my friends
should rejoice. 1t is my special wish
that my body may not 5e dressed up in
a suit rs if alive, but that it be dressed
up in old fashioned shroud, the head rest
ing on small pillow, if conveniently at
hand"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-02

EFA woman, acting as midwife q
Houghton, Michigan, asserts that on .
recent occasion when she was holding .
child two weeks old IN her arms, and o
physician was preparing a prescription
for its mother, the child raised up and
uttered sin pleading tone" the word
another" twice. She 1.-THE midwifs)
recognized this as a warning, and urged
that the medicine should not be taken.
but her suggestions we're not hecded.-
Again, when the medicine was being H.
ken by the mother, the child repeated
his warming" and before day hasl
passed, the woman was dead.
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MACK.

The Great Steamboat Disaster on
the OhiO--The Pilots TO be Pun
tShed.
The Secretary of the Treasury has in
structed the solicitor of that Department
to take necessary steps to secure the en-
forcement of the twelfth section of the
act of 1888 against the pilots Of the
steamers United States and America, be-
cause of the recent collision between
those vessels. which resulted in so large
loss of life. The section referred to pro-
vides that every captain, engineer, pilot
or other person employed on board Of
any steamboat or vessel propelled in
whole or in part by steam,by whose mis-
conduct, negligence or lnattention to his
respective duties the life of any person
ON board said vessel may be destroyed
shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter,
and upon conviction thereof imposes
heavy penalties.
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krTwo mysterious attempts hay

EETwo mysterious attempts have
been made to assassinate Mrs. Julia
Skaggs, poor seamstress. of Leaven-
worth. A few weeks ago she was shot
at while sitting at her window, the bullet
grazing her face. Last week she rcceiv-
cd box purporting to be medicine sent
bv her sister in Kansas City,the contents
OF which were found to lie arsenic. The
poor woman has no idea what motive
her fendish enemy can have, and is SO
much alarmed that she las left Leavcn
roffh to escape tho l.1t@tti'iss :.sssssik
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INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. PA salute OF
one hundred guns was fired in the State
House square at sunrise and sunset, in
honor of the anniversary Of Washing
tons birthday.
The Glenn murder trial is rapidly draw
ing to close, and is getting worse for
the defendant. To-day, Mrs. Hartman,
a sister-in-law of Mrs. Glen, and SER
want gill Of the former, both testified
that they had committed perjury in their
previous examination, at the request of
Mrs. Glen.
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p@The Emperorof Russia, who 8


~The Emperorof Russia, who at
first was exceedingly angry with the
young Prince of Lenchtenbery, his nep-
hew. for running away with pretty Mile.
Opotchine, and marrying her in Italy,
has yielded to the solicitations of the
Empress and permitted the Prince to re-
turn.with his bride to st. Petersburg.
They will arrive there in April, and the
young Princess will be treated with all
the honors usually paid only to the Prin-
cesses ofroyal blood. She has sweet
childlike face, long, golden ringlets, and
a pair of large, dreamy, blue eyes, sings
like a nightingale, and is very graceful
in all her movements; but she was SO
poor that, before she eloped with the
wayward young Prince, her betrothed
had to buy her complete travelling outfit.
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rrSan Francisco has had a weddino

EgSan Francisco has had wedding,
that, for extravaganza in dress, wealth of
outfit, and value of presents, sustains her
ambition to rank second only to New
York among the cities of America. The
bride, tall, fne-looking, accomplished
young lady, was the daughter of Fried
lander, merchant prince, well known as
the "Grain King" from his possessing
great control over that market, and the
bridegroom son of DR.. Bowie, lead
ing physician. The trousseau cost $40
600, and was full and magnificent beyond
that of any former California bride. The
presents, besides S150,000 from the IA
ther, amounted to $4,000 in jewelry and
gold and silver service.
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EvThe letter book of Gen. Hallec

EgThe letter book of Gen Halleck
has been found, containing all the cores
poudence on the subject Of the removal
of Gen. Grant when at Vicksburg, inclu-
ding the order for the removal of Grant
The order was signed by Halleck, but
was inspired by Stanton, who at that time
dictated all the correspondence of Hal
leck's. Gen. Banks friends are urging
him to give all the papers in his posses
sion on the subject to the public, but he
still refuses to do SO.
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M L X q q !.
Perfect Deluse OF Revolutioas..

HAVANA, February 20.-A steamer ar.
rived to-day from Vera Cruz, bringi NJ
dates from the city of Mexico to tho
18th. General Negrete, on the Sd inst,
captured the city of Puebla. He issued
proclama:ions, but evacuated the city on
the 9th ON the approach of the govern
ment troops, taking the road towards
Matamoras General Bacardi, of tho
government troops, now holds Puebla.
1t was reported that Porfirio' Diaz wae
implicated in this movement, but It Is
untrue. 81 a3yy =
The revolutionists at San Martin, on.
the 9Th, levied forced loan. Of $780,.
900 on the merchants of. that town. - ;
The revolutionary General, Zepata,
at Sisal, had fed, General Vargas hav-
ing attacked the insurgents. = .4sas
The insurrection in Yucatan was To-
cal merely.
A revolution was expected at Guada-
laajra. There was considerable trouble
between the military and civil author
tiles. The Governor, had resigned, and
the courts declared their inability to ad-..
minister justice. s
A revolution had also broken out in
Tiascala and the places in that vicinity.
A revolution had also broken out in
Nuevo Leon. Quiroga, with twelve
hundred well armed men, had pronoun-
ced in favor of General Santa Anna.
1t was reported that General Corona
would be appointed Minister to W0h.
ington.
General Cauto had arrived at Duran.
go, ,9r
Porfrio Diaz has been appointed gov
ernor of the new State of Morelas.
The contract with the American Pa
ciic steamers had been annulled,. -seas