The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-09-27

/ GTeatest luol UTauC Or DOrle. DON,
! Speaker Blaine is ready to step into
Senator Fesseudcn's shoes. lag
Grant gave the ead.waiter Of the Stet-
son House ten dollar bill, to be equally
distributed among forty-6ve employees,
General Carey is speaking in Ohio with
great success. Many converts have been
made to tue cause Of Democracy.
The Virgiuiaus say that Grant is an i'm
possibility-tnat is. he is a greater fool
than Candy. g4-2f 2
Appropriation to take kinks out Of negro
hair is advertised in the South. Radicals
are doing it ruPidly enough.
The Wisconsin Democratic State Con-
yeuliou, OH Wednesday nominated Colonel
9. D. Robinson, Of Green Bay, for Gov.
ernor. b
Il Hon. D. W. Voorhees, has been nomi-
ua,ed by many Of the Democratic papers
in Indiana as the next Governor Of that
State. A very good selection.
The un'ccoastrueted Mississippi papers
have invented u new political term. They
call their radical opponents "ni,ro-gly.er-
ines % y i,.sn,
Tho next Legislature Of California will
be en'phaticully against the Fifteenth
Amendment. The Chinese question did
it. ite ia.
Governor Candy has issued his procla-
nation announcing the result of the re-
cent election in Virginia aud convcniug
the Legislature on the 9TH of October.
Grants inability to sit still in one place
has given rise to the suspicion. that, like
one Of the Harvard crew, liz is troubled
with q boil. "t 't@ i a
Tie Long Branch hotels closed on Mon.
day. An effort will be made to re-eugagc
Grant. II unsuccessful they will not open
again this season. 55ba tot
The election in Maine took place a few
days ago. Last year the radicals carried
the State for Grant by over %, 900 ma
jority. The returns this year indicat, that
their majority will not exceed 5000.
It is claimed that tho Conservatives Of
Mississippi will sweep the State for Gov
eruor and Congress, even if tile admins
tration throws its weight against them. 4
The New York Herald says that the
President sent . special messenger aud
war steamer. after Prince Arthur, with au
invitation to spend q month at tho White
House.
The Hon. Fred. Hassaurck. Of Cincin.
natl, editor Of the EolksJlaH, las bolted
radicalism, aud leads the Germans into
the Citizens movement, which opposcslhe
regular radical ticket.
The negroes the Northern Methodist
Church Of West Virginia refuse to CON-
munc with their "wllitv7 brethren. They
say they have some respect for themselves,
and therefore will not associate with
white trash."-Nep York Democrat.
The removal Of Belmont, the bond.
holding chairman Of the National Demo
cratic Executive Committee, is talked Of,
und VIM. II. Tweed, Of New York, sug-
gcsted as his successor. Wm. Tweed is
. lifelong Democrat, isa firm friend Of
the. poor man, and an invctcrate enemy Of
tic Londhulders. .3-
I The Washington dispatches say that
Grautis suffering from neuralgia" We
have never heard it called by that name
before. 1t used to be .'indisposition !"
then it was "fatiguc;" then it was "ner-
vous prostralion.' Next, for uught VIC
know, it will be failing Of tho womb"
General Longstreet and the nigs are
h.ving a mutual admiration society at
New Orleans. Poor darkeys.
Grant endorses "bolh sides" in Tennes-
see. consequently .both sides" are dis.
gusted with him. TIE most respectable
portion Of the country was disgusted With
him long ago.
Fred Douglas (coloted) takes liberties
with his dusky brethren now. In some
Of his late speeches be calls them "lic-
groes." This, indeed, is calling an ace Of
spades spado. s5
The wives Of two nigger Aldermen, Of
B,andon. Mississippi, had free fight, and
nearly killed each other, There was soinc
difference Of opinion as to which husband
'outranked" the other. sEls
Jchial SLAB remarks. that Grant is the
owl. Simmer the peacock, Sprague the
yuinea-llen, Ben Butler the hyena, Wen.
lell Phillips the wolf, ,Colfax tha weasel,
Jesse Grant the kangaroo, aud Forney the
ass Of the nation. The lions and eagles
are all dead. 'a..
The matter Of the worthlessness Of Tie
locks III the safes in the National Treasury
lis being talked about III the papers.
Would II no be as we'll to find ont how
many gets out Of the Treasury through