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The Inauguration Rail-.

Don Piatt, correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Commercial, gives his experience
and sufferings at the Inauguration ball,
as follows:
Instigated by the devil, and persuad-
ed by two angelic faces, I went to this
most beastly exhibition of all that dis
figured the Inauguration of General
Grant. Into the narrow corridors and
small rooms Of the Treasury was pack
ed to sufocation crowd Of men and
men, pushing, struggling, fainting. and
almost fighting. Over two thousand
tickets had been sold, and each ticket
averaged three people. There were men
in swallow-tailed coats, white chokers,
and tight breeches, and women in all
sorts of costumes, of which the bare
neck and arms, with immense trails,
predominated.
We climbed four flights of stairs, to
the ladies' dressing-rooms and gentle
mems cloak rooms, We gave--unsus-
pccting mortals as we wcre--our coats
and hats to the reconstructed, receiving
a piece of pasteboard, with a number on
it, in exchange A dark suspecion crept
over my prophetic soul that had parted
with my tile and coat forever. Sand
wiched between two lovely females, !
began the decent A stream Of human
ity was rushing up the winding stair-a
stream of humanity was pouring down /;
and by the watch, it took me one hour
to reach the last step at the bottom
Here we fell into tide setting heavily
westward, good dea. agitated by a
stream of stout policemen, cotton GLOW
ed, colored walters, and some feeble
minded young men, with hair parted in
the middle, that made pretty strong
current setting to the east. For half an
hour and my convoy whirled in an
eddy, caused by projection at a corner
Escaping from this, VIC fell into mid.
stream, and made steady, but Sow prog
ress.
suppose that by morning we might
have reached the end of the corridor,
had we not encountered cross sea,
made up of the diplomatic corps and
some military pumps, that carried us in.
to reception room, where the President
and family stood firm. Against these
we were dashed with great violence,
made more fearful by a stout man, who
bawled out, Don't sh;,ke hands, don't
shake hands, as the President and Vice
President kept violating this order. l
could not understand the meaning of it,
unless the man was the court physician,
and feared we, or General Grant, would
catch the itch.
This was varied by weak females in
tight dresses fainting at intervals of Eve
minutes. lkud the character of the of.
icials, may be. gathered from a conversa.
ton I heard between the husband of O
lady, i'll from the heat and fatigue, and a
functi ionary He had carried her out
and fortunately found vacant space in
q hall, where there was a little fresh air
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Grand Gift Enterprise at WASH
ingtOn.

Grand Gift Enterprise at WASH
ingtOn.
The following is the present state OF
the great gift enterprise at Washington :
A. T. wart,nominated for Secretary
of the Treasury. He subscribed for a
house and lot in New York, and another
in Washington, for the President.
Mr.. Borie was selected as Secretary OF
the Navy He was contributor to
Grants Philadelphia house.
Hamilton Fish is Secretary of State.
He took a large investment in the hand
some purse which was made up for Gen
Grant, year or two ago, by the mer
chant princes Of New York
Mr.. Hoar is Attorney General. Grant
is indebted to him for the present of g
handsome library.
Mr. Washburne procured for Gen
Grant his appointment to the army. He
receives his reward in a brief appoint
ment as Secretary of State, and by being
selected for the French mission.
Mr.. Sharp, the selected Marshal of tht
District of Columbia, is so fortunate as
to be brother-in-law to the new Presi
dent
Col. Casey, appointed Collector O
the port of New Orleans, is another
brother-in-law.
Mr.. Cram, who is now Consul tc
Leeds, will be appointed Minister &
Switzerland. He enjoys, also, the dis
tinguished honor Of being a relative O.
Grant,
So far the gift enterprise at Washing
ton consists in fat offices for the Presi
dents relations and for subscribers tc
GRANT funds!
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The Carpet Bag Convention in
Virginia.

PETERSBURG, March 10.-In the after.
noon session of the convention to-day
there was more excitement. A colored
sergeant-atarms was appointed, against
whom white member levelleG his pis-
tol while attempting to make an arrest
The latter was taken charge of by the
police. A motion to ask the Mayor to
withdraw the police force was defeated,
but that officer shortly after withdrew
the police force from the hall.
The nominations were then gone into
and resulted as follows: For Governor.
H. H. Wells; for Lieutenant Governor,
DR.. j. D. Harris (colored); for Attor-
ney General, Thomas r. Cowden; for
Congressman at large, A. NJ. Crane.
WELLS the nominee of the Negroes,
carpet-baggers and scalawags went into
Virginia during the war as Major Of a
Michigan Infantry Regiment. HARRIS,
q Negro for 1t. Gov. of Virginia is very
fine Negroism.
But mere is later move tnat VIII ID
all probability, lay the Michigan Major
and his Niger confrer in the shade:
New YORK, March ia Richmond
dispatch to the Herald says: Owing to
the great dissatisfaction with the nomin-
ees of the Republican Convention on
Wednesday, an address has been issued,
the following gentlemen
as independent candidates: For Govern
or, G.. c. Walker, of Norfolk; for Lieu
tenant Governor, John F. Lewis, of
Rockingham; for Attorney general, j.
c. Taylor, Of Montgomery County.
That's right; root out the wench hug
gers.
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Grants ignorance.


MACK" has the following relating to
GRANTS lanyard qualifications to gov
ern the Nation:
'And so the new President in his first
essay at independence Of those whom
he scornfully styles "the politicians has
not been a success. Doubtless, the
warning will not be lost upon him; but
he will learn that safe counsel is better
than ignorant egotism, and that the in
he affects requires more
knowledge of public affairs than tan
yard can give to insure the applause of
the nation. Independence plus igno-
rance is sorry substitute for states
and when the measure of full
fillment falls so far short of the meas
ure of promise, as it has already done
in the case of General Grant, the worst
possible advice becomes respectable BY
the contrast
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ARPEr-BAGGERs.-GRANT's appoint.
ments to Cabinet positions.
R E 7 r E N C Ii NJ E N 7
"Ler Us Have Fewer and
StaffS.o

GRANTS retrenching with avengeance
Taxpayers, read the following:
1t is, perhaps, too early to expect any
strong evidence of the retrenching inten-
tions of the new Administration; but l
confess that the few indications we al
ready sec point in the wrong direction.
General Sherman this morning announ-
ces his staff, as General of the Armies
of the United States. 1t consists of
seventeen officers, from Major Generals
of which there are ten-down to Lieu
tenant Colonel The cost of this eX-
pensive head quarter establishment can
not be estimated by any known rule of
arithmetic. 1t has such extensive rami
tications and elongations that the orsia-
al number is probably only fraction of
the entire force necessary to help the
General commanding in the important
work of wearing epaulets and doing
nothing. ''Brevet Major General 10,
seph Holt is among the rest. He is
Judge Advocate General" Well, of
course, the Judge Advocate genera y
though himself staff officer, must have
a staff. Else.he couldn't run the Blu
reau of Military injustice" Somebody
else is Chief Inspector General, and as
he cant be supposed to do all the in
specting, he must have q ".statf' also
As Dean Swift tells US:
$50, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller feas that on him prey,
And these have smaller still to bite EN-,
And so proceed ad infn;tum,'
The cost to the Government of Ma
jor General residing in Washington is
more than ten thousand dollars a year
He has his quarters, and servants and
body guard, and all the rest to keep up
the style proportioued to his rank. The
city is just now full of them. The ho
tells swarm with shoulder straps till one
is led to think there must be a secret
expedition on foot to capture Great
Britain and France, or a dreadful inva-
sion threatened to reduce us to subjec-
ton to Victoria or Napoleon. Will
some champion of retrenchment be so
good as to point out the necessity for
this great pomp and circumstances of
glorious war under an Administration
which proclaimed itself the herald Of
peace The army estimates for the year
are sixty five millions. There will be
deficiency bills to run it up to eighty or
ninety millions, and what good will the
people get from the outlay? A few un-
Indians massacrcd, and the
people of ten States of the so-called
Union" kept under carpet-bag aud ne
gro domination. If there be other re-
suits let some one point them out. And
meantime let those who like this kind of
dancing pay the fiddler. Let the loyal
lists who delight in income taxes remem-
Der that it takes the tax on an income of
100000 to support asingle one of the
Major Generals with
which the country abounds. MACK.
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GEORGES Boutwell,.

An exchange touches CHANTS Secre
tary Of Treasury off in this style.
lie was formerly q Democrat of the
strictest sect. He was the candidate fol
Governor Of that party, in Massachu-
sets, in 1850. 1t 50 happened that the
Democrats and Free soilers-the latter
of whom constituted 4 third party-had
4 majority at that election, in the Massa
chusetts Legislature, over the Wings
There was no choice for Governor. A
majority over all was required to elect,
or otherwise the choice was made by
the Legislature.
Mr.. Boutwell,, under these circum-
stances, then developed that fine bust.
ness capacity and ability for trade which
has since given him, if not reputation,
at least office and place. He made the
proposition to the Free soil members
that, if they would elect him Governor,
the Democrats would choose Charles
Sumner-theh an unknown man, except
as a. Boston college trofessor-United
States Senator.
The proposition was accepted. The
trade was carried out in good faith
Boutwell, was made Governor by the
Free soilers, and Sumner elected Sena-
tor by the Democrats.
Little did the Democrats suppose that
the bargain was to be all on one side
that of the two Boutwell, was q more ul-
ira Abolitionist than even Sumner turn
ed out to be. But so it proved. Bout
well cheated his friends. He had no
political honesty. The Democracy be-
ing in large minority in Massachusetts
he sold out to the enemy; an6 went over
to them, as the highest bidder, .rfter his
Gubernatorial office had expired.
A trading, traffic1ing man, he. vii
make an excellent gold-bond, whisky
ring Secretary of the Treasury.
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THIS House has been thoroughly renovated
! and'repaired Having facilitiss,ev-
erything will be done to make the guests
comfortable.
The table is always supplied with the best
the market affords. Good rooms and clean
beds for travellers and regular guests.
Good stables are attached to the House. Ev-
cry effort will be made for the comfort of the
patrons. Boarders taken BY the day, week,
month or yss- - seply.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23

gA correspondent of the Clncin
natl Commercial says that Secretary
BoRIE is "a well-to-do banker of Phila-
delphia, whose experience in naval affairs
consists in having successfully crossed
the Delaware ON numerous occasions on
a ferry boat"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
U n [ O N II O u S E,
(Southeast of Public Square,)
SIMON DORR, 50: Proprietor

HAVING recently taken charge of this
III House, the Proprietor has reftted and
refurpished it throughout in manner calcu-
lated to make it one of the most desirable
stopping places in this part of the State.
Guests will find the best accommodations
at this House, and no pains will be spared to
make them comfortable
The Stables are commodious, and the trav-
elers' horses receive the best attention.
seplY.
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EgThe Radicals in Congress have re-
passed the SCHENcK gold bill, with the
second section stricken out. Our read.
ers will find the bill in our issue of
March Q.
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EgL gLoNGsrREEr, q renegade and con-
vert to the Radical Reconstructionists,
has been appointed Surveyor Of Customs
for the port of New Orleans. So much
for toadyism to GRANT and his bayonets.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
HENRY u. WEST, Editor and
Proprietor.

NVote the Democratic ticket on
Monday, the 9TH day Of April, and re-
buke the thieves in power.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23

leave the Executive untrammeled, or
we shall find it impossible to continue a
republican form Of Conveniently. Y.
Herald.
You approved Of the Tenure of Office
Bill when it operated to fetter ANDREW
JOHNSON, but when GRANT, your OK, is
gored you cry for its repeal like an over
grown baby does for its teat. Under
JOHNSON the law was all right, but under
GRANT the law is all wrong, Ell? Curses,
like chickens, will return home to roost.
GSRally every Democrat to the polls
On Monday; the 5th day of April.
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wIn making appointments GRANT
has, so far, neglected d>nohe of his rela-
tons or those who presented him libra.
ries and houses.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23

TDemocrats, make no compromises
with the Radicals in forming your tickets
for the Spring elections. Fight them
square and you can elect every officer in
the county.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23

EEPlace no supporter of the Radi-
Gals in power Oh your township tickets.
Elect straight-out Democrats.
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EFThe bill in the Ohio Legislature
% increase the homestead, exempt from
execution, to 81 900, has become law.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23

~On Monday, the 9Th day of April.
vote the whole Democratic ticket Don't
be deceived by Radical treachery under
the guise of sits for the best"
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DEBILITY.

1a~s d no mediefne equ1r TO Hoefan9s e,rmas
s s: ;-ra,. p s'ss "a: s"i @s Rss sss':
sysien, strengthen - The aPpehie, eaus
an enjoyment Of Heu food, enable he 80
ssaeh 10 digest q, purity he blood, gre good sound
healthy complexion, eradicate he yeiow tinge from the
ss ispart blooH, u Ms checks and change le patient
from shoriJreaitsd, emac,dted ,Oeal, and nervous
tnvdlid 10 a ftJ faced, stout, and rigorous person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong by using the Bitters or
Tonic. In fact, they are Family medi.
zines. They can be administered with
perfect safety 90 a child three months
old, the most delicate female, or man
ofnfnety.
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The New Cabinet.

The New Cabinet.
The following is the new Cabinet:
Secretary of State-HAMELToN FISH
cice E. B, WAsftBURNE, resigned.
Secretary Of Treasury-G. S. BOUT
WELL rice A. 7. STEWART, resigned.
Secretary Of Interior-J. D. Cox.
Postmaster General. A. 7. CREss-
WELL.
Attorney General-E. B. HoAK.
Secretary of Navy--N E. BoRIE,
Secretary of War-Gen. RAWLINGS
rice ScHoTIELD, promoted.
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=
The Bucvrus Forum says: Lincoln
was joker, johnson soaker, aud Grant
a smoker"
A writer, who enjoys handling hugo
figures, estimates the amount of human
blood wasted, up to date, by the wart Of
the whole at $4,000 pipes.
There arc about 10000 Indians in Min.
nesota--all Chippewas They live on a
reservation in the Northern part of the
State and cost tho government 100000
annually.
An English Judge, Baron Anderson,
on being asked to give his opinion as 10
proper length of a sermon, replied:
Twenty minutes, with leaning to the
side ofmercy."
There is a story that boa constructor
in Singapore has swallowed young ladT
who had on diamond necklace valued
at ST. 900, and the natives are hunting
up the snake.
Overwhelming" is the word used by,
the telegraph in describing the MISS Of
applications for Office that have already
reached Washington. This state Of af.
fairs will continue for weeks to come.
1t is said that all th, gold in the world
employed for coin, plate. jcwelry, DC.
if put in single cubical book, would be
26 feet square. and weigh l0,500 tons.
It's commercial value would be six bill.
lion dollars.
A Southern paper is opposed to tde
education Of woman as surgeons. 1.
says that, suppose one were put under
the influences of chloroform ,l,y such a,
doctor, What is to prevent tic woman
from kissing you.
Young lady (who has been taken half
mile beyond her dcstination,, "Ifs
really too bed / told YOU when first
got in where wished 70 be set down"
Couductor-"Well, Miss, I let you of
as soon as ever ] could find it in my'art
to part with you"
Here is consise but hopeful love.
letter written by q Colorado miner; "Sev.
en- yealsis is ra'her long to / ,rt gal, but
lie have you yit, Cate
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THE ST AR Ell,
(On the corner East Of Main Cross ST.
Henry MInsterman, :;::':. Proprietor.
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SWORN IN, BUT NOT "QUALIFIED."-
GRANT and his Cabinet.
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Wos'r "STrck."- GRANTS Cabinet.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-01

June 10Th, last Saturday, we called
AZ the farm OF William kimblc tourmiles
trom here and saw many noticeable
things. We saw Siberian spring wheat
wi,hnearly all the heads well up in sight
tall, straight, strong and heavy-more
than awcek ahead of any other wheat
we have observed The seed was
brought by VIM McDeyitt from Pela.
We saw '.cowhorn' potatoes that arc
many days earlier than early Rose"
by the side Of them, the "Rose' seed
Tor which, cost a dollar a pound,
"Co"hcr.ia seed worth half a dollar a
lushcl. Mr.. Il. has been eating new
potatoes week. Saw honey locust
hedge that promises well-Mr. X. does
'ot take to Usage orange. We saw
Strawberries, gooscbcrries, raspbcrries,
mulbcrrles, currants, cherries, plumbs,
nuts, and apples, in great variety and
abundance, all from seeds within the
last five years. Cant raise fruit in
Iowa."
We saw patch of Doollttlcs Blacl,
Cap RasphcrricS, bushels in extent;
Purple Skin. raspberrics, at least ten
hcshcls (bears ever ycarC largest, rich.
Us. Ard heaviest of c-rr-nts-all these
bushes swarnung and bending low
with fruit. Mr. X. gives away sprouts
from his bushes. lie has great va
.iety Of grape vines, loaded full
Early Richmond cherry trees of three
wears growth, fairly red with fruit
Washington cherries good for this
country; wild plum trees, ct two years
growth, from the seed and upward
just ready 10 break with Hoods OF
iruit; Siberian crab apples. Mulber-
ries, a nice sweet fruit growing on tim
Der trees taken from our bottom for
rsts. improved by cultivation--black
walnuts butter nuts aud hickory nuts
six wears from seed and then his ap
pies oh, done honey round there this
lSl snd Water Il you have q tooth tol
apples, Mr.. kimble took the first pre-
,niuia a. the New York State Fair ioi
The hes, apples, and lie just knows 10"
TO .ln similar job in Iowa.
HIS Iowaihans 1senitans and homai
S..mS he counts among the most
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-01
nrrRAJ. AND DOMESTIC


Latin or scientific names Of plants
are sometimes long, and whether long
or short they are generally looked up
on rs useless by many who possess an
abundance of good sense on most mat
ierS pertaining to the affairs OF life.
They do not sec why the common
nam :, under all circumstances will not
answer Just as well, and they are GER
family easier TO remember. Let us note
:, lew examples.
\ certain well known tree in some
parts of the United States is called
White-wood, in others, Tuliptrec IN
others White Poplar, in others Yellow
Poplar. Science settles the question
in this case by giving one double name,
LUiodcndron Iulip1ero, which can never
he correctly applied to any other
plant. ice, RaJrum is known Ivy sew
pral names in various states, as Red
Maple, Soft Maple and Swamp Maple.
ter SacchM7nam is called in Ike man-
ncr, by three common names, Sugar
Maple, Rock Maple and Hard Maple.
The title Blttcrsweet is applied alike
To CeiastrHs !ScdHdcns and to Sohanam
Ualcamra plants which are very dis
similar i'll their properties. The Oaks
are mixed up i'll shocking manner;
one sgroup of them pass rs Swamp
Oak, Post Oak, Water Oak, Burr Oak,
49,. another group rs Black Jack, Red
Oak, Black Oak, and Scarlet Oak
Iron wood is a name about equally
applied to Ostrm Jnytntea and Ta1pt
ms .lmerieana. Not long ago, two or
three persons through tho Farmer,
discussed the Elms, evidently not fully
understanding each other because the
same kinds of trees pass by different
common names in different parts OF
the country. Willows, Pines, Cypress
Us, Cclars, Spruccs, Birches, and
MINIS are general terms variously
applied by those who speak the Eng
lish language. The Moses, Ferns
l,,shcs and Grasses are names still
more vaguely assigned to a host OF
different plants. The last instance OF
The kind which has come to our notice
is dispute about Kentucky Blue
Grass, 4 term often attached TO Poa
s"mpressa when they use the name
''Inc Gras,. The latter plant has n
short, blush green stem and leaves,
and small cluster OF flowers. 1t may
he easily distinguished from all OF our
other grasses by lis compressed or
ilattcned stem,
These examples might lie indefinite
~ multiplied, but We have gwen
enough OF them to show the necessity
OF employing the same term to only
one kind of plant. This has never
Been done, except Ia the use OF Latin
names. w. J. B.
II Prairie Farmer.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-01

uscIdl varieties for tins county
lowell isa noble apple early bearer
llnbbard's Nonsrch, large, elegant,
hardy taIl apple, bears every year
Rough and Ready; or Pcnnock, the
best apple that ever grew hardy,
ripens the middle OF July. Dyer, q
nice variety OF sweet fall apple. Wine
saps hang tul,-5orc last year. Wag-
ner set out two years ago, two inches
through the tree and has nine,y-two AZ
pies on it Another Wagner, an inch
through, set out a year ago, has five
perfect apples. Name,css, two inches
through, two years set ont, and has one
hundred and thirty apples. Cant
raise fruit in Iowa!"-[Statc Register.