The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-06-15
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two o'clock this morning Dexter Gray,
an estimable citizen of this place, and IA
vorably known in many parts of Ohio
and the West as dealer in agricultural
implements, was aroused from his slum-
bers by the cry of fire in his house. In
a semi-conscious state he proceeded
to the room whence the cry came, and
pcrccivinn that the cause of the alarm
was blazing coal oil lamp he hastily
picked it up and started down stairs,
when the lamp exploded in his hands,
scattering the oil over him, setting fire to
his night clothes, and burning him from
the thighs to the face in shocking and
terrible manner He suffered intensely
during the day, and expired this evening
at seven o'clock, leaviDga wife and four
small children. This accident has
shrouded our town in gloom
MADRID, June THE now Constitu-
ton was promulgated yesterday with
great pomp. AT , o'clock in the after,
noon the members Of the Executive
Council and the Deputies to the Cortes
proceeded from their chambers to plat
form, which was erected in front of the
Hall of Congress. There the Secretary
of the Cortes read the Constitution. II
was received with loud cheers. On re
turning to the chamber, the Deputies
each took the oath to support and pro
tcct the Constitution.
When the Deputies were retiring from
the platform some Kisses were heard il
the street and a tumult ensued among
the crowd, The disturbance was i'll
creasihg and threatened to end in q fight
in spite of the efforts of the troops tc
put stop to it, when The Military Gov
ernor of the city appeared, and with
great presence Of mind, rushed among
/ the foremost rioters shouting "Vivs
Sovernia Macdonald" This changed the
feeling Of the mob, who joined in cheer
ing the Governor, and the tumult sub
sided. Only two men were killed and
several wounded.
The Deputies subsequently returned
to the platform and witnessed a grant
military review, over, which the enthu
siasm manifested was very great. i
was noticeable, however, that none o
the Republican Deputies participated il
the proceedings. A civic procession
followed during the afternoon. In th,
evening there was a grand banquet anC
exhibition of fire works. At least on
hundred thousand visitors from tn,
country were in Madrid during the day
to attend the celebration.
The remains of several Spanish eel,
brities have arrived here for deposition
in the Pantheon.
| In the Cortes tomorrow bill vii
be presented by the majority, creating
Marshal Nero General of Spain, bu
without power to sanction laws or dis
solve the chambers
LONDON, June THE Liberal jour
nails deplore the course adopted by TIL
Conservative press in respect TO the Irisl
Church bill.
The Times predicts if this policy O
rejection is carried out the result will b.
that the House Of Lords will be Obliged
to accept the same bill at q later periot
with a sense of humiliation. The bill
must pass, the nation, by the voice of tn
House of Commons, has SO pronounce'
and cannot recede.
LEAvENwoRTH, KANSAS, June 9Th
Times and Conservative has received tn
following additional particulars Of tn
Indian massacre on Fossil Creek:
Tie tongue and hearts we're cut on
of the dead bodies. The men killed ha'
the. calves of their legs slit down and tieC
under their shoes, pieces of flesh Gu
from their backs, and pieces of telegrap
wire stuck into their bodies, and their ear
cut, off and heads scalped. John Parl
Deputy United States Marshal, report
that the Indians boiled the hearts c
these men for medicine.
The Swedish settlers who were attack
ed on S,'illman Creek all lived in on
house, and only those men were kille
that LETT the house and attempted to reac
a place of greater security. Those tbs
remained in the house were not moleste(
this occurred in two or three instances
The calamity is mainly attributable t
the lack of arms, for whenever a gun wa
fired the savages made no fight. Th
Indians drove off considerable stock fror
the settlement.
Adjutant General Morehouse is her
organizing force of militia.
| WASHINGTON, June IA Cuban es
peditiou left the Southern coast on th
29th of May. 1t numbered four hundre
and seventy-fye men, who are part G
/ General Jordan command. All of then
are ex-Federal and eN-Confedera.e sol
diers. From reliable information by in
terested parties here, it is learned that tn
men and munitions of war have safel
landed and joined the Cuban forces
The expedition was in charge of a dis
tinguished Confederate Colonel from
Louisiana-Colonel DeRussY.
PARIS, June S.-M. Theirs, Jules ant
Garner Page have been declared elected
by ballot. There were tumultuous scene
at Montoneau and arrests were made b,
the police 1t is reported that some per
sons were wounded during the distur
bance. The result of the elections wher
the ballot is necessary to decide is as fol
lows official candidates, o. unofficial
l; independent, /; opposition 10; un
known, II.
The Cuba Flag.
In order that those of our young mel
who are thinking offillibustering for Gu
banindependence may know what fla.
they are to fight for, we give rs accurate
a description of it as we can gather from
our, New York exchanges 1t is in gen
eral shape like the American flag. Will
the exception of triangular space mex
to the staff, it consists Of six longitude