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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24
Shall ReBds he Taxed ms other
Property.

Our Washington correspondent states
that, "whcn the Internal Tax Bill is re
ported to the House, Western member
proposed to offer an amendment TO lay
a tax of two per cent. on the interest 81
all United States bonds, TO sJe deducted
from said interest by the disbursing off
Ger of the Government"
We are now paying about 1925, 600.
COO interest III gold year upon the gen
uine and fictitious paper debt Of the
courtry. A tax Of two per cent upon
it would amount to S2,50O,0O0 Such a
tax, although better than nothing, would
be ridiculously low The tax which
ought to be levied is that amount Of tax
paid by all other property, s15. about
two per cent. upon the rriIcipal. TN
the 2,200, ,000,GO0 bond this would give
$40 ,000,00e a year. In Ohio the whole
property, real and personal, is about 81
20O,O00,000 1t is burdcned with the
support of the State and local govern
mcnts, which cost S25, ,000,0 900 a year
Double that amount of bonds should
certainly be made to contribute $40,
100000 year
The power Of the Federal Govern
mcnt. to tax its own bonds is not ques
toned by any one, IN the contract with
the bondholdcrs it WIS agreed that they
should rot be nus5cct to State and local
taxation, bat the right of the Federal
power to do so was not denied. 1t was
not denied, because it was expected tc
he done. The party in power recognize
this right Is existing when in their fund
ing bill they propose TO the bondholder'
to surrender it, provided the latter vii
accept lower rate of interest. Thc
right existing, and the exercise of it he
ing in accordance with the established
principles of equity,why is it not enforc
ed 1t is because the hondholding in
fuence has bought up and corrupted
Congress, which is composed partly
bondboldcrs and partly of mon whom
they have purchased.
In the last Democratic State Conven
ton in Ohio resolution was adopted
that the Democracy would oppose th
payment Of another dollar in interest Oh
these bonds until they we're taxed a
such by tSe Federal Government a
much as other property is taxed. w
have not noticed that any of our Dem
ocratic Representatives have taken an,
steps to carry out this pledge to the peo
| pie. We trust and believe they will d,
SO when the new internal revenue ant
appropriation bills are put upon thei
final passage.
BY taxing the bonds of the rich W
can give the people untaxed sugar, tea
coffee and molasses Who is not for it
We shall await the publication of tn
yeas and nays upon this question wit
no little interest. 1t will be good 70
reference in the coming Congressfona
election Gin ERS
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

The full accounts from Berlin of the
hnal defeat of Lopez, confirm previous
intimations that the final rout was a brll.
tai massacre Lopez was first shot, and
while helpless was run through by alan
Ger, who'has been promoted to be col
onel for his pains The bodies of Lo-
pcz and his sons were to have been left
without decent burial by the 3razilians,
but Madame Lynch and her surviving
children insisted on digging suitable
graves for them, though the only imple-
ments they had were the lids of cigar
boxes.
The last brother-i in law provided for
George " Dent, appointed to be ap-
prsiser of merchandise at San Francis
co, is an old time Democrat; and in that
respect resembles his venerable father,
who is now member Of the presiden
tIal house hold, and who is by no means
chary n expressing his anti Radical sen
timents Mr.. George w. Dent is said
to be remarkably fine looking man, ,and
the .smartest in. his family. Collector
Casey, 6f Few Grleans; also brother
in law, it is understood is about to re-
sign and be appointed naval officer OF
that port.
Senator Sherffian Proposes that the
Office of secretary of tho navy be abol
ished. And, for that matter, the office
of secretary of state, as at present con
Quoted, might as well be abolished too
General Jackson's idea of government,
according to Jack Downing, was zone
great wheel, and that a smasher;" and
we are not sure but Old Hickory was
about right The difficulty is to find the
smasher
Gen. o. O. Howard expects to attend
the Young Mems Christian Association
Convention to be held in indianapolis
in June VIII he state how be built the
Howard University at government .ex.
pense?
Victor Hugo is said to be, about tc
marry young lady of Brussels, who is
said to be very beautiful and worth 100
coo guilders.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24
LOOK out!

We warn those politicians who are
yielding to what they think the irresist-
able curreht of the negro mania, TINT
they are in danger OF ceasing to stem it
at the most critical moment, There is .
tide just beginning to rise and roll its
billows hpon the shores of Americai
politics, of quite another color. Negro
worship has had lis day, and the white
stomach of the nation has been SO sur
feited that it is about to revolt at both
the dose and the mongrel doctors who
have forced it down its throat ad nause-
Inn Troy Messenger.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

The Cincinnati Gazette, Radical, accu,
ses Horace Greeley of desire to divide
the Radical party on the tariff question.
That is good. Said John Van Buren
IN lS4S: "Those Cass fellows are deter
mined to divide the Democratic party
in spite of all we can do"
A Texas correspondent makes this
statement, which is capable of more
than one construction: "Lincoln, Grant,
Sherman; end Butler are renewing their
youth all over the south in the shape of
Juvenile fifteenth amendments from 6ne
to five years of age, the assistant voters
of the future
Registration closed in Richmond, yir
cinia; Tiosday night. The whites are
$50 ahead. At the last registration the
blacks had majority of several hun
dred
The crops of California are unfavora-
BILE. There is frost on the mountains, ,and
heat OH the plains. There was snow
stt.ttt in the state of Nevada on Sun
day
Captain teHsfsl Tie Rodas has revo-
ked his late order Compelling persons
going to the United States to give Sc
curity Of FIVE thousand dollars that they
will not engage IN the conspiracy against
the Sniiish gbferHihent in Cuba.
The Post thus sums up the manufac-
turing interests of Detroit capital in
vested, s1o,000,000; value of annual
productions, 100000; amount OF
wages to laborers and mechanics, S5,-
100000, number of employees, 5000.
The Toronto DAILY Telegraph, says
1--WE were pleased TO anuorfree that the
Washington government have issue in.
structons that our ships shall 6e allow
cd to pass through the Sault Ste Marie
Canal, with all their cargoes except mu-
nitions OF war.
A Mr.. Pikkleton.was recently married
at the Walnut street Church, in Phiia-
tclphia, to Miss Julia Sardine +
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24
GE The Guernsey Times SAYS :.

"fhose who are in favor Of removing
the National Capital will not take cour.
age from the recent action of the Senate
in so amending the Legislative and Exc
cutive Appropriation bill as to allow .
million dollars for rev Department OF
State, and fifty thousand for an addition
to the Capitol grounds,"
We might appropriately ada that
those who are in favor" Of reducing ou,
taxes "will not take much coutage'' from
this action of the Senate.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24
The Public Debt,

at is said that figures 90 hot lie, and
to illustrate the sentiment, we give the
comparative figures to show what the
debt was, to use the language Of Mr..
McCulloch, 'at the time the war was
drawing to close, and what it is now,
and we copy from the official statements
Debt, April /, 1870, $2,4S2, $50, 81
Debt, April l, 1865, 1856, ,955, OF
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24
ng-In New York last Sunday Re,

Bg-In New York, last Sunday, Rev,
Mr. Hepwotth, at the Church of the
Messiah, discoursed on Insanity and
Crime" and Incidentally on the .McFar-
land case. He took the position--bold
and startling because coming from The
pulpit--that the violator of the sanctity
of marriage should be killed. Said he /:
The man, whoever he is and whatever
his motive, who dares to step between
man and wife, let him die the death =
Mr.. Hepworth denounced the present
marriage service as lie, and demanded
that the sexes shall stand before the al
tar as EQUALS.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

ES The shocking casualty OIL The
Missouri Pacific Railroad near st. Louis;
the other day, by which nineteen per
sons lost their lives and about thirty
others were badly injured, appears to
have been caused by bad regulation of
the watches of the conductors. At the
moment of collision the watch of one
conductor was about five minutes past
five o'clock, while the watch of the 9th
er was twenty minutes past five On a
single track railway such discrepancies
arc fatal. There was more than usual
necessity for uniformity of time with
the conductors watches on this occasion,
for one of the trains was behind time
and tFting to make it up. The lost min
utes and the variation among the watch
es resulted in a list of casualties as large
as those shown by some of the battles
Of the Revolution.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

One of the strangest newspaper
schemes ever devised is that just an
nounced by the proprietors of the Sag
inaw Daily and Weekly Courier They
offer to their subscribers $4,000 Worth
of property in premiums, the first OF
which is the church and lot recently
owned by the First Presbyterian Society
of Saginaw, valued at S20,0o0.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24
THE AMANDA CRAIG BREACH OF PROMISE
CASE

CnIcAco, May 16.-The famous breach
of promise case of Amanda Craig vs..
Elisha Sprague, tried about one year
since in Du Page County, and the details
of which were abundantly garnished
with scandal, is to be repeated, the Su-
preme Conrt having remanded the case
for new trial Miss Craig obtained at
that time a verdict for 100000, which
was afterward reduced to $4,000 by
permission Of plaintiffs counsel.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

ESrA petition asking Governor Hof-
man TO send Daniel Mcfarland to the
lunatic asylum has received many sigma
lures, and will be pushed for circulation
by parties who believe him dangerous
member of society. The Sorosis has
passed resolutions approving Mr.. Rich
ardson's conduct in offering honorable
marriage to Mrs. Mcfarland after hel
separation from her husband, and de
nountfng the conduct of the court coun
sci and Jury in the recent trial.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

Here ia the way in Nhich the
saucy Marsellaise states Napoleons po-
sition in the matter of the plebtscitum:
In December a rct'her met,
Who oontrises 'sT repostef 70 gel:
All armed to the teeth was this bandit,
Your watch has been plaoed in my kesping
said he.
"Ycu don't understand how to keep il like
will guard and TO distant posterity hand it,
But mT nice sense of honesty prompts me TO
know
How you wish it to run, wi neither fast or slow.
Not knowing, pen hoaor, what sort of reply
To mako to plobisoit like this, I shall try
To keep ssolly atocf Do you also as I.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

Ew The vote in Cincinnati on Mon
day on the subject of annexation result
ed in majority for the measure Of AZ,
1t will be shown by the returns Of the
election that all the villages sought to
be annexed voted against the measure
by msjorities ranging from Il to zS. 1t
was carried by the votes of Spencer
township and Camp Washington, the
former precinct giving 70 and the latter
210 majority in favor of annexation
The legality of the election is to be con
tested by the opponents of annexation
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24
s65.6o7,o5o
Increase,

'.Aftcr five years of peace, the Radi-
cal party having full control over the
administration Of the Government, the
stubborn fact appears, and from Radi
ical testimony, that the audited debt Of
the United States is nearly sixty mill
ions more than it was then. "-HartJord
City Democrat, Indiana.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

A BEArIrrE NamE - Manitoba, the
name proposed by the Canadian Govern,
ment for the new Red River country held
by Riel, signifies in the Indian language.
"The God who speaks-the speaking
God" The province contains ll.0cu
square miles
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

GF Hadn't SCHENCK and MOORE better
have tariff bill passed to protect the
Radical party Democratic competi-
ton seems likely to interfere with its
profits.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24
thssp Homes sun Disappearing.

Another an,l still another land grab
hing scheme has passed the Senate. In
very few years,a the present rate of Civ,
ing 10 monopolists the peoples home
sleads, Western lands can be OBJ.
tanned only BY paying whatever rasenous
tlsecnlntors choose toas's for them.
While the people own the larger share
Of these lands prices can he kept within
the means Of poor men By the govern
ment offering at low rates, but soon the
spectators will have the richest and best
farming lands in their possession, and
then they will put up the price and defy
government competition.
Every proposition to limit The prices
at which the spectators shall sell the
land thus given TO them is voted uown.
EE- The GAINESVILLE Enterprise indul-
gcs in politics enough to urge, in col
spsn editorial, the election of Mr.. Isaac
wTLsH to Congress i'll the Belmont dis
trtct We fully agree TO all it says about
Mr.. wELsn's integrity and ability, but
Mr.. Enterprise the vote of a good man
IN favor Of tariff monepolies counts pre-
eiscly the Same as The vote OF bad
man. What sense is there in clectins
man 10 Congress. on his personal merits
when his whole experience commits him
TO policy at war with the interests o.
his constituents?
ylshc House has virtually pos'poti
ed indefinitely ScHENcks. tariff bill
known as the '.bill of denominations.
oar congressman. Mr.. MOORE, foi'owct
the carcass to its gr,se,as chief mourncr
We frequently miss Mr. MOORE S name
among the yeas and nays on oiiief CUES
tions. but he seems to be uniformly pres
ent to vote for every high taiiff swindlt
rEThe New York election tlfow'
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

rrThe New York election throws
m,,el, iiaht on the tariff question. Fifty
odd iito,lsand a.ajprityis a speech which
The Radieel leaders kccnly comprehend.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24
[ L L 4 Il r A P III I G


LONDON May Is The third race be
tween the American Sappho and the
English Caml ria, was won by the for
mer, rs already stated. The Times has
the following details Both yachts were
becalmed tor a hong time. The. Cambria
was the winner for the first twenty miles
of tie race, which was beat to the
windward and weathered the Sappho
under the bow at Church Cliff, between
there and ST. GATHERINGS she tackled to
the windward of her fourteen times sue
cessivcly. In working along the island
in the short boards from St. GATHERINGS
TO the mark steamer, completing The first
side of the triangle, the Sapplio fore
reached and weathercd on the Cambria,
doubling the mark forty seconds ahead.
Here the interest in the race ended
The mark steamer had to take The Cam.
bria in tow, as she drifted with the tide.
A good breeze prevailed for the 6rst
score of miles. The struggle for the
weather position occasioned considerable
excitement, A dense fog prevailed du-
ring the greater part of the time.
PARIS, May is S--The Corps Legislar
tif met to-day and proceeded to count
and verify the vote on the Plebiscitum.
When the result was declared the mem
bers of both centres and of the Right
received the announcement with shouts
of give la Empereur." Jules Simon
approached the Tribune and endeavored
to make some observations, but the
Chamber refused TO hear him. Simon
! then submitted an Interpolation Oh the
manner in which the election had been
conducted, and then took his seat The
Chamber separated, with renewed cfies
of "Vivc Ia Empereur" from TIE major
! ity.
ST. LOUIS, May 16.--Officers of the
Kansas Pacific Railroad here confirm
the report from Omaha yesterday, of an
! Indian raid on their road The attack
was made upon working parties be-
tween Kit Carson and Willow Springs
The distance between the two points is
forty miles. Ten men belonging to gra-
ding parties were killed. This is the
| first appearance Of Indians in force this
season, and the workrnen were not on
guard. Arms hate been distributed
among them, and troops sent to various
points for their protection No delay
will be caused in the construction Of the
railroad between Kit Carson and Dsh-
yer.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24
vsooslSficld. May -. 1870.

S" A union nr hearts, anion of hands,
!. A union that none may sever,
A union Of lakes, union Of lands.
The AMERICAN UNIoN FOREVER
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

Nlf. Burnett writes from Salt Lake
City that Brigham Young psid him $40
for "fsmily tickets
Fisk, Jr., has offered S1S6, 900 for the
Continental Hotel, Long Branch 1t cost
over 100000.
A little girl of twelve years has taken
premiums at the Louisiaita State Fair for
the best pound, fruit and sponge cake.
General Pratt, the Great American
Traveller" says that ''after thirty years
experience, enough to put down mil
lion ordinary men forever, he has come
to the conclusion that American politics
is hell's grist mill to grind up devils in !"
Though this be madness, there is method
in it.
The Gaulous asserts that NJ. Gustave
Dore has lately signed a contract fer FIVE
yesrs with an English Publisher; by
which he undertakes to come to London
for two or three months every year to
make two hundred and fifty designs on
each occasion. For these, adds that
Journal he is to receive $50, 900 francs a
year.
In speech in Richmond, night or
two ago, Ex-Governor Henry A. Wise
asserted that the war being over and be
having made ar honorable csnitu1ation,
lie wotad, father than permit lis fore
finger and thurb to touch the pen to sign
the test oath, iiats had his right hand
cut from the wrist JOINT and nailed to a
post to point the way to gibbet.
A Chinaman committed suicide in San
Francisco the. other day, leaving the fol:
lowing memorandum behind him! "Cht-
nese young man, Hemul Hake Foo, 90
years old. Have sick. Wotid live
From Canton, 2 ward. Name, ,SGn Word,
Farmer China Sac lep Coripany ]
have soul. Had boot ON my bad. dead
now. Can't livee."
Lncretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, IN retiring from public life, say
1--WE deeline all offices for tfie future,
and the younger hands and 5rate hearts
shall consummate the work that in hope
aud faith we so long ago begaH.. The
strongest mark Of respect and affection
which our friends can give is to leave us
free to pursue. our individual work with
out the honors or trammels of official
position in future organizations
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

EKsAddless all letters:
st aTnE SplRir OF Democracy"
Wcu9sfeld,
Monroe County,
Ohio
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24


GEThc Democrats have Garfield the
New York election for Judges of the
Court of Appeals by over $4,000 major.
ity The Sun, in its wrath, says tha,
fourteen out of every fifteen votes in the
city we're illegal. This even if true, does
not account for the result as nearly the
entire Democratic gain wss outside ol
tho city.
Every election in this year has shown
larger Democratic gains tllan those which
preceded it. 1t won't do to attribute al
these to merely acci,,cntal or local eau
ses The frauds which produced tbcse
results did not take place at the polls
but along Pennsylvania Avenue.
President GeAa,, il IL said, wa,
required by a German woman few days
since to pay for his glass of beer before
drinking it,
This seems little too exactiilg
GRANT don't amount to much, but i
wonll hardly be ,risking too much td
trust him for a single glass Of beer unit
he could drink it.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-24

Judge Thomas NJ Peters of the Su.
preme Court of Alabama, in a letter in
sisting upon the need of universal edu
cation to insure the prosperity of the
State, SAYS: "Iguorance is misrule, 1t is
confusion, it is sin, it is death and hell :;
and our safety rs free people requires
that we cesselessly war against it with a
Carthauenian gesl
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1870-11-26

ACCIDENT ON THE ST.. PAUL & DULUTH
RAuRoAD.-An accident of serious ma
ture occurred on this road on Tuesday at
ternoon last, near Moose Lake, about 60
miles from Duluth. The down freight
train while crossing trestle bridge, about
20 feet high, broke an axle, causing eleven
cars to run off the track, and break through
the bridge precipitating them to the ground,
and into the water below. The ngine and
a portion of the cars were safely over the
track when the accident occurred and for
tunately no lives were lost. The freight
consisted mostly Of sugar, molasSes and
petroleum for ST. Paul merchants, and is
nearly a total loss, as the wreck and smash
up Of everything is complete. The trains
from each way now meet at the scene Of
the wreck, and passengers walk around the
bridge, which is being repaired.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1870-11-26

Thomas Forbes, boarding house of VIM.
Bell & Co, butcher shop of Trueman &
Co., (the latter was torn DOWN; in those
last mentioned nearly all the contents were
saved. Vose q Hussey lost heavily. Jo-
seph Manheim's loss will exceed $4,000.
Among those foremost in the saving of
property was r. P Upton, Esq, paymaster
of the Northern Pacific, who worked faith
fully and nobly from the first alarm of fire
until it was wholly extinguished. AS he
was entirely disinterested in the property
endanged, we feel that we cannot close this
recital without rendering to him through
your columns, vote of hearty thanks from
those he assisted SO promptly and indetatl-
gably. Very truly yours. IL.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1870-11-26

THE people of this State at the last election
ad pied by large majority the Constltu-
tional a endment abollshing the Grand
jury System.