The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-06-15

Chas. Kendall was found dead, last
Friday morning,in an iron cage i'll which
he had long been confined, at the Coun-
ty Infirmary, Wilmington, Ohio, He is
supposed to have been smothered during
a fit.
Greeley has discovered polite way
of saving "You lie." He reminds Anna
Dickinson of 80 commandment reputed
to have been especially delivered from
on high which enjoins that "thou shalt
not bear false witness against thy neigh
bor."
A London letter writer says: "The
Duke of Wellington's son is one of the
most dissipated men in the Kingdom,
prematurely old and broken down, with
out the ability of an ordinary workman,
and who has never in his life, apparently,
accomplished anything.
The Carson (Nevada) Appeal says
there are dozen or more of camels rum
ming at large on the Carson, near the old
overland route; and many atraveler and
tea,nster can bear testimony that their
numbers have beeh increased from year
to year by births. -
The highest point on fhe route Of the
Tennessee and Pacific road, between
Nashville and Knoxville, is 1875 feet
above tide-water. Nashville is but
470 feet, little higher than the top Of
st. Peters, at Rome. The grade from
New Orleans to Nashville is not a foot
Oh mile. @
Rochefort has spent fifty thousand
francs for printing and franking circu-
lars, DC, in order to secure his election
in the Seventh District OF Paris. For
nearly month past, every elector in the
district received every morning new
circular from him answering the objec-
tions raised against his candidature.
Carlo Patti. the brother Of AGelina
Patti, received "a grand farewell benefit
at the New Orleans Opera House on last
Saturday evening. He is member of
the orchestra of that establishment, and
is a skilful musician During the war
he fought for the "lost cause" in d
Memphis corps. 9s
John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of
Lincoln, has been discovered, alive and
well, in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, and
the United States Marshal of the Nor
theru District was telegraphed to from
that place, day or two ago,to come and
arrest him. Strange to say the Marshal
didn't go. I.
/ Miss Rebecca Fitch, said to belong to
Ia wealthy New York family-young,
pretty, and surrounded with inducements
to happiness and innocence-has already
served ont two terms of Imprisonment
L., 1-,.i- hca.a,,e,, kf lllliffSitssft;n.
and she was again sentenced day or
two ago to three years in the State
Prison for the same crime or madness.
a fellow named Adam Eisenhauer,
living ia the same tenemen, house, in
New York, with Caroline Schuinan. Incl
ted by some trivial dispute, cmptied on
her head pail filed with Stacked lime
and copperas. The effect was horrible,
her hair was burned of her head, the
skin wills burned from off her face, and
her sight about destroyed The brute
was sent to prison.
Two oor three weeks sgo the body of
lnau was found hanging to the limb of
a tree near Knoxville, Tenn. His shirt
was marked "R. 6. NJ. Dunevant," and
the name was recognized as that Of n
prouaiact.t citizen OF South Carolina
Letters just received from Charleston,
however, say that Gen. Dunevant is still
alive, and at his home in Edgefeld, and
the dead body is therefore still unidenti-
fed.
The Oldest prisoner in the Massaehu
setts State prison, is George Hmnewell,
who has been incayccrated 81 years
The Warden calls him .thc Rip Van
Winkle Of the institution" The other
day, while the workmen were engaged
in painting the cupalo Of the prison, he
asked to be allowed to go up and look
off His request was granted, and fur.
nished with an opera glass he made the
ascent. 1t was the first time he had
looked out upon the world for twenty
ono years lie turned his glass towards
his old shome in Cambridge at isnll