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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-11-23
The Vitality of the Two Parties.

Occasionally we hear persons say:
"Oh, its no use for the Democratic
party here in Ohio to hope for success" !"
1t is not? Let.ns see. Six years ago
in 1S63-according to the published
returns, the Republicans pollcd 2S6,374
votes, while the Democrats pollcd 1877,
592, This fall the vote for Governor
Hayes was 236,0S2-fifty-two thousand
two hundred and ninety-two less than in
1868. The vote for Mr. Pendleton was
22S,4S1-forty- one thousand and eighty
nine more than the Democratic vote in
1868
Do You, Democrats, read in this cx-
hibit cause for dependency?
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NJ z x I Q O.
Horrible Uisaster--InrnenSe Loss
OF Life.

New YORK, November ia letter
from Mexico states that on the 9th ult
100 men, women and children were crush
ed to death by the falling in Of silver
mine at Guariajuato, while the miners
were eating their dinners-just brought
them by their families.
The day following The mine disaster,
1G women, 6 children and y men were
drowned in the river Merecala They
had reached the river bank and sat down
to rest before undertaking to ford the
river, which was swollen by rains, when
the bank suddenly slid off from the main
land into the stream. All were drowned.
The bodies were found lower down
stream
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-11-23

Susan Anthony claims forty Congress
men as converts. .......
George Peabody never owned a house
or kept carriage.
The Convention Of Jewish Rabbis
meets in Cincinnati next year.
A Nevada editor says he can look into
a nestof rattlesnakes from his bedroom
window.
Franklin Pierce leftshis autograph cut
on brick at Bowdoin College in. Fresh
man days. ...
The Inidcl Convention of Philadel
phia was attended by seventeen persons,
one u woman.
Maine boasts nineteen revolutionary
widows, and Lord knows how many rev.
olutionary wives.-N. T. Ford.
"Cotton blankets are made at fac
tory in Columbus. Georgia. They are
said to be "white, soft, warm ana dura
ble."
The largest farm in England contains
three thousand acres. ). L. Alexander
famous farm, near Homer, Illinois, con-
sists of twenty-slx thousand five hun
dred acres.
Prof. Kerr, of North Carolina, thinks
that the Black Mountains in that
favored State were the first dry lands tc
appear. above the waters on this sphere
General Belknap,' says sarcastic
sheet, ''is one of the few Brigadiers who
captured rebel officers by jerking them
0utUf their lntrenchments by the coat
collar"
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Manifesto Esy the Opposition.

PARIS, November 15.-The manifesto
of the opposition members of the Corps
Lesislatif is published, and is signed by
twenty-eight deputies. They say 1.-THE
demand by the people Of the right to
govern themselves means. an inevitable
Transformation, the necessity of which
is each day proved more and more i'm
perative. The opposition intend to use
nothing but peaceful means to that end,
unless an attempt is made to silence
them by force The manifesto indicates
the reforms which the Opposition will
insist upon. They pronounce against
the preliminary oath prescribed for men,
bers Of the Corps. and for the abolition
of the military law-the country to be
armed merely for selfdefense The
manifesto concludes as follows: "The
elective principle is the only one which
will stand through all revolutions and
must not only be the basis of the institu
tons Of the country, butkept clear from
monarchical compromises and the VIC
lence of demagogues."
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Sheriff Sale.
s. A. Black ct al
William Wright ct al.

DY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
II from the court of common pleas of Mon
roe county, Ohio, l will offer for sale at the
front door OF the court house in the town Of
Woodsheld, on
Thursday, the 3Oth day Of December, 1869;
between the hours of 10 o'clock am. and
o'clock pm, the following described real es-
tate situate in Monroe county, Ohio, to wit:
Part of the southeast quarter 6f Section
eleven township five range i've; beginnihg for
the same at the post established at the south
east corner of the aforesaid squarter; thence
with the line running between sections NUM-
ber ten and eleven, distance one hundred
and sixty perches to post; thence with the
line running between the southeast and the
southwest quarters of section number eleven .
aforesaid, distance eight-four and eighteenth
perches to post; thence east, distance forty
two perchss to post; thence north, distance
three perches to post; thence north eighty
nine degrees forty minutes east. distance one
hundred and eighteen perches to post on
the north and south line bounding said sec-
| tion on the east; thence with the said line
eighty eight and four-tenta perches to the
place OF beginning; containing eighty-ssven
acres and eighteen perches, more or less.
Also part OF the southwest quarter Of
section five, township five and range five be.
ginning at the south east corner of said
quarter; thence north seventy-two perches to
a stone; thence west one hundred and sixty
two seventy.fve ole hundred perchss to q
stone or the section line, thence south with
the section line to the south west corner OF
said section, thence east withthe south bouhl
Diary line of said section to the place Of be.
ginning, containing seventy. two ana one half
acres, more or less.
Also part of the northeast quarter cf SEQ
ton ten township five range five, the same
being off the east side of said quarter, separa.
ted by straight line running north and
south, so as to contain fifty acres.
JOSEPH MYERS,
novl6w5. Sheriff n. C. O.
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Mr.PendieiOn Abroad.

Pie .Bellefonte Penn. J Watchmaa has
am able article upon the next Presidency,
in which it says ''tlat Mr. PENDLEroN's
claims tothe undivided confidence Of the
Democratic party are equaled by none
OTHER of its leaders, that his moderation
has preserved the Democracy from in
tcrnal divisions ;sthat bis ability is ack-
nowleased; that his views,o on the bond
question and on the mode Of paying the
Federal debt secured him the confidence
ot a large section, of the Republican
party throughout the country" The
IFate4man adds that Mr.. PENDIEroN's
name is tower cf strength in the West;
that large andisinauential body OF Re-
lubicans see in the commercial policy
of the Radical Administration design
to.saeriiice the agricultural interests OF
the Vest for the benefit of New England
manufacturers, and that this body. will
prefer Mr.. PENDLEToN,whose tariii views
are we'll known" 1t further says that
lin tile Eastern and middle States Mr.;
PESpErroS would be more acceptable
than SEYMOUR or MCCLELLAN, and that
inthe Southern States his vote would be
almost unanimous" This article from
the Ifatchmqn is copied and indorsed
hythc StcubcnrilIe co., Gazette; edited
hy. CHARLES N ALLEN, Esq, Chairman
of the Democratic State Central Com
,nittee of Ohio 1t says that 1.-The Watch
haa's article not only speaks the sentl
,Ilents Of The Democracy OF ONO ano
the West, but Of the active working
Democrats in all parts Of the Union,
and adds that NIr. PENDLEroN stands
HIGHER in the confidence and esteem OF
the Democracy Of Ohio than ever be
fore,
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Mark Twain Clears up a Mystery.

"Ex-Secretary Stanton had an inter
view with Secretary Fish yesterday" p
Sensation Telegram Of associated Press
| was present at that interview. The
subject Of it was warts.
Ex-Secrctary Stanton said that when
he was boy he had sixteen on his left
hand, one or two on his right thumb, ,and
one on his elbow He said he used to
hunt for old hollow stumps with rain
water standing in them to soak his warts
in.
Secretary Fish said he had millions of
warts when he was a boy,and sometimes
he split bean and tied it over q wart,
and then took the bean and buried it in
the crossroads at midnight in the dark
of the moon.
Ex Secretary Stanton said he had tried
that, but it never worked.
Secretary Fish said he could not re-
member that it worked; he only remem-
bered trying it a good many times, and
iii the most unquestioning good faith.
Ex-Secretary Stanton said his usual
plan was to stick a needle through the
wart, and then hold the end of the nee
die in the candle until 1t warmed that
wart to that degree that it would never
take any interest in this worlds follies
and vanities any more forever.
Secretary Fish said that he thotght
likely he was the wartiest boy that ever
At this important moment, ex-Secreta
ry Stanton's carriage was announced, ,ano
he arose and took his leave. The mex
Associated Press dispatch that distress
ed the people through the columns o
every single newspaper in America rea(
as follows:
"The subject of the interview betweel
ex-Secretary Stanton and Secretary Fisl
has not transpired. There are variou
flying rumors. 1t is generally believes
that it referred to the Alabama question
and was very important"
And yet they were only talking abou
warts.
Hereafter, when ] see vague, dreadfr
Associated Press dispatches, stating tn;
Jones called on the Secretary of the Ii
terror last night, or Smith had an intel
: view with the Attorney General, c
Brown was closeted with the Preslder
until late hour yesterday evening,
shall not be so terrified as 1 used to b
| shall feel certain that they were onl
talking about warts, or something lik
t that. They can never fire my intere:
!: again with one of those dispatches III
d less they state what the interview WI
i about. MARK TWAIN.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-11-23

If Captain Hall, the Arctic explorer,
should sell his bear skin, as he did, for
twenty one dollars, how much would his
whole body bring ?-New York Post
The first stock watering speculation is
said to be recorded in the thirteenth
chapter Of Genesis, where Jacob got
rich watering his Uncle Laban's stock.
A modern Noah in Portland has
launched an ark large enough for him
self, during the next flood, which he pre-.
diets near at hand. He expects to land
in Italy.
"Jim, the Hermit of the Platte,' lives
in straw hut near Platte City, Missouri
He never speaks to anybody, and his
diet is roasted apples and river water.
The United States armory at Spring.
field has lately received forty-one great
grindstones weighing some four thou.
sand pounds each, to be used in grind
ing down gun barrels, and the freight
bills make mention of fifty thousand
guns from Governors Island sent there
for repairs; also two hundred boxes OF
condemned pieces of guns from Sharp's
factory in Hartford. '7
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Donn Pia,t on Brothers-in-Law.

In his letter to the Commercial of the
I'd inst, DoSS dishes up the "hapry fam
ily," thusly:
II am under the impression that when
the American people again undertake the
selection of a Chief Magistrate, they
will look not only into his principles but
his brothers in,law. The question
whether large and healthy family is to
be elected, or one man, will be fercely
agitated The platform will be made
too narrow for collateral connections,
and the B's-iu-L. will be warned off"
With the Radicals last year, it was
GRANT and his brothers-in-l law, or the
election of Democratic President
They chose the former and arc heartily
sick and disgusted with their bargain.
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Minority Representation .

Mr. Joseph Medill, editor-in- chief of
the Chicago Tribune, intends to present
to the Illinois Constitutional Convention
plan of representation which secures
justice to the minority. The following
are the distinctive features:
In each district each voter shall vote
for but one candidate, but the represen-
tatives of the district shall be the two
having the highest votes. In the Legis-
lature the representatives of the several
districts shall not have equal votes, but
each shall be rated at the number of con-
stituents who voted to send him there.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-11-23

w-Grant was too busy to attend the
funeral of Robert D. Walker. Nothing
short of horse-race or some equally
important event in the sporting line is
permitted to interrupt him in his bust
ness employments. 1t will be remem-
bered that Ulysses was too much enga-
ged to be present at the death bed of
John A. Rawlins A big watering place
frolic claimed prior attention. 1t is one
of the misfortunes of Presidential life
that man becomes 30 much engrossed
in the cares of his station that he cannot
find time to pay decent respect to the
eountry's great men, dying OF dead.
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Sheriff Sale.
Rachel j. Martin
VS..
Jesse j Jackson.

ny virtue of an order of sale to me direct
ed from the court Of common pleas Of
Monroe county, Ohio, will offer for sale at
the front door of the Court House in the
town of Woodsield, on
Thursday, the 3OM dayof December, 1862
between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and
o'clock p. M, the following described real es+:
tate situate in said county of Monroe, to wit:
The southwest quarter of section twenty-sevsn
township four of range five, exception acres
in the northwest corner.
Also, the northeast quarter of the north
west quarter of section twenty six Of town.
ship four of range five, containing in all ons
hundred and ninety acres.
Appraised at $500.
JOsEPH MYERS,
novl6w5. Sheriff N. C. O.
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Grccnbacks for the Bondhoiders,
sr and
EQ UsAL TAX Ito N I.
White Men Shall Rule America.
Light end Knowledge Alone are Re
6q,iired to Bes'ore The "Farmer
Republic" Of Our Fathers.

The circulation of Democratic newspapers,
and especally of county papers in their sew
eral alidrslities, is of the greatest Importance
To encourage this enterprise, and to aid in
the dissemination of correct doctrines, we
have determined TO reduce our rates OF sub
scription 10 the lowest possible point consis-
tent With the Price OF. paper to US.
fifteen dollars will procure ten copies OF
the SriRlr for the full term of one year. with
an extra copy to the person who sends us that
number of names.
There ought not to,be a township where it
voulds be difficult TO raise that small sum
among 50 many subscribers.
His conceded that the SPIRIT is one OF the
best representatives of Democratic principles
in Eastern Ohio, while at the same time 1t
gives.-a..yery large quantity OF family ana
inlsceHaneous reading, together With the i'm
portant LEGAL news sof Monroe County. and
full reliable market reports will be given
each week.
We.shall earnestly oppose the unjust sys-
tenn, inangurated by the Radical party, O:
taxing the laboring man to make the rich
man richer. :,
The iaboring m n takes eraenbacks for his
produce, while the bondholder spurns them
as s.ragsT and demands gold for his bonds.
This is unjust if greenbacks are good
enough for poor men who pay taxes, they are
GOOD enough for the bondholders who pay
no taxes, and they will be compelled to take
them {and pay their Just proportion OF taxa
tion, } in exchange for their bonds,or nothing,
just as they may elect.
In Conclusion. we ask the old fris-ds OF our
paper to make an effort to increase our cir
culation on the basis of these terms. There
is no paper in the country whose terms are
more liberal than those which we now offer
toths patrons of the SPIRIT, The rates for
Single copies, one year. r...............Ss W W
Single copies, six months 100000. w
Clubs Of ten. each, (if paid within the
year,) with extra copy to club agent. 2 ot
Cubs Of ten and -loyer, each, Tin ad- 80
sssnee,9 with extra copy TO club agent :,
zdor every ten names. ..
n. r. WEST,
Efa@'dnd PaJ,Fshtr Spirit.
woopsrlEIp, o.. Oct. 9, 1859.
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EgThc milk in one of Grants CO.
coanuts is philosophicaliy accounted for
by the eminent naturalist who attends to
the scientific department of the Chicago
Times. In recent issue of that paper
he says: SIN book 533 of deeds, at page
452 Ito be seen in the Recorders office
in that city there is recorded q deed
from J. Russell Jones to U. S. Grant,
conveying about one hundred acres of
land, for the nominal consideration of
one dollar. The deed was filed for re-
cord on the 2ath day of May, 1902
j. r. j., you know, was appointed Min
lister to Belgium at about that date.-En-
qutTer.
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Sale of Real Estate.

ON Wednesday, December Is, 1868, att
" o'clock P. NJ, on the premises will be sold :
to the highest bidder, the following real es-,s
tate in Monroe county, Ohio, as the property
of Elias Craig, dsceased, to wit: The north
ives: quarter of the northwest quarter Of SEQ
ton twenty six township four range five; con-
tanning forty acres more or less.
Appraised at $500.
TERMS OF SALs-Two thirds in hand, ono
third in one year; deferred payment to boar
interest from day of sale and to be secured to
the satisfaction of the undersigned. ss5
WILLIAM A. FERRELL,
Guardian of minor heirs of said decedent.
nov16td.-,
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wIn Logan Township, Auglaize
County, Ohio, few days ago, the wife
Of Daniel Bigelow was severely burned
under the following circumstances: A
small child, creeping near the fire, threw
piece of burning wood from the fire,
and the mother being near, her clothes
aught fire from the burning wood, and
she was soon enveloped in flames. Her
clothing was torn off by a couple Of chill
dren, and her life thus saved. She was
badly burned, but will recover.
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T Ell E G r 4 p I'll | C .
THE NATIONAL BANKS.
What They Aim Af--Pendle!0n
Doctrine From the New Tolk
Herald.

esefasd.
New YORK. November 13.-Thc Her
aid says: The national banks are aim
ing at the control of all the money in
the country 1t holds that the national
bank currency ought to be withdrawn
and greenbacks issued in its place. The
West and South, as well as the East and
North, might have as many banks as
they chose, that is; banks of deposit and
loans and for commercial accommoda
ton, which is the only legitimate busi-
ness of banking, and using at the same
time the currency of tie Government
and people for circulation. Tie, Gov
ernment would then get the benefit of a
national circulation, the profits Of which
are enormous The people would have
q uniform currency, perfectly safe and
steady. If the currency is to be disturb
ed or changed at all, this is the only ra-
tional view in accordance with sound
financial doctrine and public interests.
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w Relative to the stupendous draw
back frauds IN the Custom-h house, the
New York Sun calls for the removal OF
Collector Grinnell, he being perfectly
honest, but incompetent to fill his posi-
ton. 1t says.the frauds Of Blatchford
were brought to Grinnelrs notice three
weeks ago, but he refused to listen to
the charges. Subsequently he gave
Blatchford leave Of absence, when he
went to Canada, and has since left for
Europe,
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EgThe ". Y. Tribune heads an arti
Gle, "What is TRUTH
The people ont here in the West are
satisfied that neither GREELEY or his as.
sistants on the Tribune ever fullY com
pretended its strict meaning.
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33,lS6

On Secretary Of State, General Siegel
the Republican candidate, runs consider
ably ahead of his ticket, having received
many votes from Democratic Germans ;
but he is beaten 20.593, On the rest of
the State ticket the average Democratic
majority is in the neighborhood of 25,-
900. AS the Democratic majority in the
city of New York was only 10000, it
will be seen that Mr.. Allen nearly tied
Greeley outside the city, where the Re-
publicans used to have between 10000
and 10000 The majority for Seymour
was only 10000. The Empire State is
evidently fixed firmly in the Democratic
column.-Eaquirer.
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EgThe President has appointed Mr.
CHARLES J. FoLGER, Assistant Treasu-
rer at New York, vice BUTTERFTELD. He
is said to be untitled for the position, and
was appointed at the request of Secre-
tary FISH, Governor MORGAN and Scna-
tor CoNKLING.
Look out for more gold speculations
The gold dealers don't want an officer
who isfued for the position. Such an
one would spoil their spoils.
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New York Official.

The following is the official vote of
New York at the late election, on Con
troller, which is the most important Of
flee in the State:
VIM. F. Allen Dem, 41,576
Horace Greeley, Rep. 3OS,39O
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The November Elections.

WENDELL PHILLIPS, the great apostle
of Radicalism, writing of the late elec,
tions says; "Ths Republican party can
hardly be said to hold its own" And
the greatest truth is this: "Oace let pub
lie thought float off from the great issues
of the par, and IL srM take, perhaps,
more than generation to bring ii back
again"
Yes, when the people have become
tired of being gulled by the Radical
war cry, that is harped upon during elec-
ton campaigns, then Radicalism will
quietly die and an hundred thousand
generations will tail to "bring il back
again" to curse and harrass the Ameri
can Republic.
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vThe election in Illinois for men,
hers of the Constitutional Convention
resulted in the election Of Al Democrats
and IL Radicals.
GRANTS majority last fall was 5l,l9O.
The above is wet blanket as far as
the future prospects for aspiring Radi-
Gals is concerned, in that State.
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RE GRANT favors speedy return to
specie payments.
Certainly. As he is mixed up in Bond
and stock speculations he will advocate
the policy that will fill his own, and the
pockets of the Bond Lords, the quick
-
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gs-A collision occurred on the Pacific
Railroad. on the lIsh inst. ,nearSan Le-
andre. Fifteen persons were killed and
from thirty to City badly injured.
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EgAnother Of those old laha'harhs
of 1889 has been gathered home, lion
AMOS KESpALL died in Washington City
last week
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TFEE WINNIPEG WAR.
what the Insurgents Want.

CHICAGO, November 16.- The latest
intelligence from the Winnipeg war says:
Governor McDougall is now encamped
in Dakota Territory. His family will
return to Canada, but the Governor and
his staff will await events at Fort Jarry,
where party in his favor is said to ex-
ist, consisting of the late Hudson Bay
Company officials and some Scotch and
English settlers. Meanwhile the insuf-
gents have q Provisional Government
and demand territorial government at
ter the American fashion, with a legisla-
turc chosen by the people, a homestead
act and fund for schools and internal
improvements. There is rumor that
Governor McDougall will apply to the
Canadian Government tor troops, and to
the Washington authorities for permiss-
ion to pass them through the Northwes-
tern States.
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Ey-IIon. ROBERT J..WALkER died at
his residence i4 Washington City last
week.
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MILWAUKEE, November 16.-The Gaie-
ty theatre, on Main street, was burned at
a late hour last night. Two of the. .au-
dience were burned to death, named
Willie Brewer, employed in the Daily
News Office. and young man named
Brown, clerk for Kummel & Kempf.-
Several others were more or less burned
Cause, kerosene explosion.