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John Hess Escapes from JAN.

On Friday night last one John Hess
who was lodged in the County Jail on
the 18th of this month, charged with
stealing horse from James McCreery,
of Center township, on the night of the
first of April, saw fit to leave his bed and
board for parts unknown, without advi-
sing the Sheriff of his intentions, or so
much as leaving the Commissioners
lock of his ''grey hair partly colored,"
by way of remembrance. The Sheriff
offers a reward of 500 for his appre-
hension or any information that will lead
thereto, and des 'ibe, the departed Hess
as "six feet two inches in height, grey
hair partly colorcd, and one of the finest
looking men of his profession ever cen
fined in our prison.-Cdm1ridge Nescs,
2Sth ulE
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The vote Markr,.

The most intense disgust was manifes
ted by Congressman On receiving intel
ligence that the voteso Negro lesisla
tors in,ti,e Sonth are offered at Sll 37l
per dozen.
The fGlt'tiiAt ten thousand dollars, in
railroad bondl failed to bny Senator
CARPENTER on tLe Georgia bill. indicates
ilsnt votes in the Ssaste are still held al
fair living rates. Though, az the Other
hand, eenator LEWIS, Of Virginia. uczo
tiated his votes for The entire session in
return for a fat Office TO his brother.
The competition caused by the admis-
sion of SO many carpet bag members
hos brought down prices so that il will
no longer pay candidate to spend ten
Thousand dollars to secure his ciecuoa.
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A Fragment iroin she City Of 30sa
ton.

a telegrar' sits apiece of wood drift
cd ashore Oh the northwest coast of Corn
wall, containing an inscription in large
letters, 'sCity Of Boston sinking; Feb
ruary 11th."
LATER "A thin slip of wood about
a yard long, and painted blue, drifted
ashore near Ligger bay, on the north
western coast CT Cornwall, containing
the following inscription in large letters
"City of Boston sinking, February IL"
The wood bore evidence Of having bro
ken in two, and the remainder of the
Inscription, IN consequence, is lost, ex
cept the letter M which followed the
words above given We have no means
of knowing whether this is a.. genuine
message from the missing steamer or Q
heartless hoax, but the latter is strongly
SuSDected.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

EgTbe Chicago Tribune (Reppbli-
can) says: "There has been -sexsral Ga
ses of murder perpetrated in .this late
within week. l'he latest is the hang
ing of man in Marion county named
Irll. awaiting his trial for murder"
If such an announcement as this were
to come from any State in the South, it
would at once create such . Radical howl
in and out Of Congress as would cause
the offending State to be removed back
to territorial condition. That is to
say, if negro was in the question
Laws for the special protection of white
men are not made these days.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

The late Rev. DR.. McClintock, says
the Newark Advertiser, lost between
$4,000 and S40, 600 within the last few
years on mining and oil stocks.
Mr.. james Brooks is remodeling his
Fifth avenue residence on very expen
sive scale. The decoration of his hb.a-
ry alone will cost $4,000.
Laland, the French astronomer, often
ate catterpillars and spiders, affirming
that the former tasted like almonds aud
the latter like walnuts.
The Princess de Metteruich lately
dazzled beholdcrs in 4 "white corded
silk, with black velvet panier sash, and
plenty of diamonds as large as truf-
hes.'
A remarkable marriage took place at
Galesburg, Illinois last week. The par
ties were Samuel Il. Crosley, of New
York, aged eighty-three, and Mrs.
Amanda Hurd, of Galesburg, aged eigh-
ty one. They were engaged at the age
of eighteen and sixteen respectively, but
broke their troth, and since then have
each followed two companions to the
grave.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

The following from radical cores
pondent Of Washington, shows that the
nigger is on the top rail in that city:
On Friday last, George T. Downing
and wife, and Mr.. Boston and wife, all
colored, occupied the Presidents pri-
vate box at the National Theatre. This
is the first instance on record here where
colored people have been admitted to
such.a privilege in place Of amuse-
ment
Every one knows that white work.
ingman would never be permitted to'oc-
cupy the. President private box at the
theatre! Gway, white trash Glong
dab; bottom raul on de top now!
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03
The Legal Tender ID eclsion.

The Republican to-day says that the
President is anxious to have the Supreme
Court change its decision on the legal
tender question, as ne is of the opinion
that under the decision those soldiers
and sailors who were pai.. paper money
between the rise in the value of gold
and the enactment of the legal tender
act, viii have right to demand the dif
ference between the value of paper and
gold Oh what they then received. He
estimates that the total difference in the
value OF the soldiers and sailors pay
during that time at one hundred thou
sand dollars. - Washington Dispatch
GRANT is in favor of paying the bond
holders three or four time the amount OF
their investment, in Gold,and is anxious
to have tlic Government violate the con-
tract made with tie soldiers AMI sailors
They don't contribute to help keep up
the Gift Enterprise aud the Bondhold
ers do. That's it in nut shell.
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g U b "A

KEY WEST. FLA April 26.-The latest
news received here from Havana states
that General Valmaseda and the polit-
ical governor Of Santiago both decline
to obey orders issued by Captain Gen
eral De Rodas. They also disregard
instructions from Madrid.
The Governor of Cuban Castle refus-
cs to obey the orders of General Carbo,
who endeavored to take possession of
the fortress Yesterday.
The Spanlards have been routed by
the insurgents in several engagements
lately. In the Clnco Villas district the
destruction of property by the rebels
has been very great.
Captain General de Rodas was ex-
pected in Havana on the 26th inst when
he intended to take such steps as would
help to re-estab ish Spanish authority
more firmly throughout the island
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While Men Shall Rule America.

u.,,n.r,
IDs cifsn'ss'en et ueuo0'As0 no"sp
ana espsciaiy o. county papers . ~ ,ns. .os.
ersi ioosiities Is o. sne sIesoes' .;s -
TO encourage TINS en'e1Pr,se, s-u ~ 1 -. !.
ihs disseninasaon oI eolIeO. ao.ns', o.s. - ,,s %
hsse ae'e.m,seo 70 .souvu ..;,,. uI % nn;n, cons;s
cl,Peon 70 tne ,o~sss poss.ee p
tens .nn tne if'ee 2. pApe. ~ 10 n;. :,
Fifteen dollars VIII procure zen oop'ss q
The trinif 'or .ne iun term =, one y.a.. s..a -,
N sxtn cory totre person ~ho senus 10 " >
sncer Of names. !.
tnefs ougtt NOT 70 be toMnshi2 ~nere II
rruid % din'cuit 70 faise .hs' s"au sum
among 90 any suosclioers.
. conceded that tne SPIRIT Is one ol ,hs
prat representatives. OF pemocra1ac prine'plss =
N Eastern Ohio, While at the same time :, !,
B'ves very large quantity OF tsmhy ana
miscellaneous readmg, togetner WIN .ne 'nl, |,
full reliable market reports will be given
each week. sf
We shah earnestly oppose the nniust sys.
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A warm political campaign, for this
summer ard fail, is preparing in Mary
land There are about $4,000 black vo-
ters in the State.
Illinois is rapidly purifying herself Of
Radicalism, as is proven by the almost
universal success of the Democracy in
the recent town elections.
Governor Palmer, of Illinois, trims
his sails to the coming Democratic whirl
wind by the declaration that "the war
is over, and men are to vote just as they
please"
The special election for congressman,
to succeed j. S. Golladay, in the third
district Of Kentucky, took place on Mon
day. There were but two candidates be-
fore the people-General Joseph H,
Lewis, the regular Democratic nominee,
and j. II. Lowry, Esq, a selfappointed
Republican candidate. Lewis was elect
ed.
A North Carolina paper thus defines
politician of that state: "He is polit-
ical disjunction, always to be found in a
comfortable position between two polit-
ical contradictory extremes, who may be
parsed as belonging to and connecting
the party that has Office to give and the
party that is going to have it 10 give"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

Bone FELoN.-Of all painful things
can there be any so excruciatingly pain
full as bone felon? We know of none
that flesh is heir TO, and, as this malady
is quite frequent and the subject of much
earnest consideration, we give the latest
receipt for its cure, which is given by
that high authority, the London Lancet.
LAS soon as the pulsation which indica-
ties the disease is felt put directly over
the spot fly blister about the size of
your thumb nail, and let it remain for
six hours, at the expiration of which
time, directly under the surface of the
Ulster, may be seen the felon, which
can be easily taken out with the point
of needle or lancet"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03
From the st. Louis Democrat
DisfranChiScd Veterans.

Out of fourteen veterans of Galloway
County over seventy years of age, men.
toned in the Fulton Telegraph, five
fought inthe war of 1872, and nine are
disfranchised citizens. The latter are
JOHN w. Galwith, 81 years of age, who
voted at every election up to 1858, when
rejected By brakes inftsmy; Robert
Hunter, 70, who has not been allowed a
vote since 1860; Joseph Larcb, II, an
other Drake victim; Swan Ferguson, IA /;
George Herring, 75; John Crooks II /;
Jesse Clover. so; VIM, Craighead, Is,
and Archibald Allen, T5-all disfrauchis-
ed in 1868. Last week we gave a list
of 16S citizens of st. Louis County,
owning over $50, 100000, who were de-
priyed of the elective franchise by order
of the, Radical party. Put this and that
together, Radicals Of other States, and
then imagine, if you can, the damnable
character of the tyranny under which
we have been and are yet still living.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

Eg General Sherman is preparing for
the summer campaign against the lndi
ans. He has ordered the fifteenth and
seventeenth. infantry to be sent at once
to Sioux City, Iowa, to report for duty
to the commanding officer there. Gen.
eral Sherman, and several of his staff
officers, will leave next month for an in
spection trip through Montana and to
the far western territories. He viii prob
ably 60 to California before returning.
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indian war Impcndins.


1t is now almost certain that general
Indian war is impending Twenty thou
sand Sioux are on the war path, ahd' our
troops are fastening to the frontier.
How much the liiassacre of the help
less Plegan's has had to do with melting
this war cannot be definitely known; but
one effect of that cold -blooded atrocity
will be to transfer the sympathy OF all
foreign nations to the Indians.
If no Indian agents, no spectators,
no army contractors made fortunes out
Of these wars they would be much less
frequent. Many persons, believe that
nShe out Of every ten Indian outbreaks
are provoked by white marauders.
1t is a fact deserving of serious refec-
ticn that of all the nations of North and
South America, the United States is the
only one which is unable to live in per
manent peace with the Indians. II that
rsce is solely to blame for this exception
it is, to say the least, very remarkable.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03
ELECTION OF TURNPIKE DREcroRs.

ELECTION OF TURNPIKE DREcroRs "A
very animated election took place last
Monday for Turnpike Di! cctors. The
country people were here IN force and
marshaled the voters with remarkable
vigor. We are pleased to see this ava
kened interest in our elections. 1t bcto-
kens renewed interest in the things that
morally, financially and physically affect
us. The following are the directors cleo
ted: F. Davis, j.. H. Collins. Robert Clar-
dy, BENZ Bailey, John Bradfekl, r. p
Thoma, ana A. C. Thomas. BarneSriHe
Enterprise, 2Sth uH.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

General Grant has ordered some reg
iments from the South northward, to in
tercept the passage of British troops
through American territory. The sup
preston of the Red River rebellion must,
in the opinion of the Cabinet, be sup
pressed by the British Government with
out British troops passing through the
United States.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

WNot being able to carry the little
State of Delaware with white votes, the
Radicals are importing and registering
negroes there to accomplish that end
The same game is being played in Mary
land. They expect negro votes enough
in that State to crush out the white Dem
ocrats. In West Virginia they are play
ing double game They have Reg
lister law to exclude white people from
the polls, and the Fifteenth Amendment
to give them negro votes. This is. the
party of great moral ideas!
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03
H-The Chicago Tribune

Eg-T The Chicago Tribune has "takcn
the measure of lot of the Radical
leaders. and echoes the deliberate judg-
ment of respectable people of all parties
in its description of 'the solid phalanx
of the ravenous and unscrupulous party
men, such as Chandler, Drake, Fenton,
Howard, Nye, Morton, Sumner, Thayer,
Yates, and the carpet bdgyers." These
fellows are the representative men of
Radicalism, and have long held absolute
coutrol of the policy Of the party. Count
them out, and there is nothing left of it..
The Tribune should make haste to rid
itself of such disgusting and disreputa-
BILE company.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

EE.The New York Tribune says it is
high time "that greenbacks should cease
to be National lie" since on the backs
of all of them we read that they are le-
gal tenders for 'all debts, public and
private, except duties on imports and
the interest on the public debt"
We should like friend Greeley to point
us to anything the Radical party has
done for the last five years that IS not a
national lie" upon our. original form of
Government, and very big lie at that.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

EF President Grant is said to. be ne
gotiating for the purchase of the "Bar
tholemew Farm" in Prince George
county, Maryland, near the district line.
1t is one of the finest country places in
Maryland, and, if he buys it, the Presi-
dent will occupy it as asummcrresidence
He had better make change in his Cab
met, and get the new appointee to give
it to him.
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HOW the Tariir works.

1t is stated by one who who has ana
lived the tariff that 'sunder the present
scale of duties some important chemic-
ais, like sulphur and the phosphates, Of
which so enormous deposit has been
discovered on the South Carolina coast,
can be sent to England to be reduced N
to proper manures, and shipped back to
this country more cheaply than they can
be reduced on the spot where they are
dug out This is protecting home in.
dustry with vengeance" Yet there is
not the least probability that this tariff
will be changed.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

EThe new postage stamps, from en-
tirely new designs, which it's known have
been for some time in preparation, are
now ready for delivery. The colored
portraits on the several denominations
are as follows: cent, blue Franklin.
2 cent, Vandyke brown-Jackson. 8
cent, green-Washington, 6 cent, red
Lincoln. 10 cent. light brown Jcffer-
son. 12 cent, dark purplc-Clay Is
cent, Webster. "a cent, pur.
ple-Scdtt 80 cent, Hamilton.
90 cent, carmine- Perry,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

ES-The announcement OF the action
of Commissioner Delano, in removing
Supervisor Marr from the district OF
Kansas, when he had bu. just commcnc
ed to unearth one of the greatest swim.
dies ever perpetrated on the revenue
department, is received in Kansas with
surprise and Indignation. Colonel Mar,
however, has ascertained that Speer's S
defalcation amounts to over one hun
dred and slxty.two thousand dollars.
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RThe terrible calamity which b,

Richmond on Tuesday, was more disa :
trous and appalling than at first report
ed More than sixty persons were, killed,
and four hundred wounded. Among
the latter was Hon. Thomas S. BAock,
for sixteen years member of the United
States Congress from Virginia, and
Speaker Of the Confederate House of
Representatives. AT the burning of the
theater in 1911, fifty one persons were
consumed. This disaster, therefore. is
far greater than the former.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

H During the present session of con-
gress, 51l bills and 107 joint resolutions
have been introduced in the Senate, and
1912 bills and 1859 joint resolutions in
the house, making total of 2l20 bills
and resolutions that have been brought
to the attention of the national legisla-
ture since last December. Of these
proposed measures only eighty two have
become laws, and only twelve are Of any
general importance. Congress will not
adjourn before the middle of July.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03
The Crisis In France,

81 On Thursday, the 9Th inst, the French
people are to vote upon The plebiscitu!n,
which issin the following words:
+ The people approve the liberal re-
forms which have been effected in the
Constitution since 1S6O,b by the Emperor,
with the concurrence of the great legis-
lative bodies of the State, and ,''ratity the
SeHdtns consaltam of April 90, 1870"
There is q very strange division of
parties nron this question. One would
naturally suppose that the friends Of free
government would be enthusiastically in
favor of this proposition, with the expec-
tation that it would encourage the EN-
peror to make still further concessions;
but the reverse of this is true The exA
treme Radicals are the most Violent op-
ponents Of the measure, and seem to be
actuated by no higher motive than par
tisan hostility to the Emperor.l
Should this measure prevail by a large
majority the result will doubtless he to
render more secure the succession to the
French throne, and this is the reason
generally accredited for all the conces-
sions Of power which have lately been so
freely yielded by Napoleon. But what.
ever may be the moving cause, the French
people have been gradually apprcxima-
ting the freedom of the English monar-
chy, solely through the voluntary grants
of power by the Emperor
1t is not at all certain that liberty has
not been conferred upon the French
more suddenly than they were prepared
to receive it, The first use Radicals
make of every removal Of a restriction
is to avail themselves Of it to harrass
The Emperor.
With little love for Napoleon himself
and less for the means by which he be
came master of the French people We
cannot refrain from taking sides viii
him as against the demagosuts who ART
lpustpening comparative liberty by oppo
sing his liberal measures,
France is in the midst Of crisis which
the defeat Of the ple5iscitum may make
, fearfully bloody enc, and which, with th'
success of that measure by large ma
jority, would speedily pass away leaving
: the couatry in 3 condition of permanen
quiet aud prosperity.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

, The German Republicans Of Clermont
county voted unanimously for the Dem
ocratic ticket, because of the passage Of
the fifteenth Amendment. They got
disgusted with the negro business.
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EyI the House of Representatives
on Wednesday General Logan, of Hi
nois, said:
tbs an utter impossibility for any set
of politicians on earth to make their re-
cords consistent, and they have no bu-
siness to try it. Laughter.
Lake Ontario has not now asidewheel
steamer upon Its waters that carries the
American flag. This is another speci-
men of the very mean results of the
Abolition policy Of protection. !.
A Boston paper tells this: "a widow,
who has followed successfully three hus-
bands to the grave. entered we'll known
jewelry establishment in this city last
Saturday, and producing tue three silver
plates which had first adorned the coffins
of the dear departed, desired the pro-
prietor to have them made over into a
butter-kniie
An English judge once addressed a
criminal who had heen sentenced to
death for uttering a forged onc-pound
note, in this wise: II trust that through
the merits and meditation of our blessed
Redeemer you may there experience that
mercy which a due regard to the credit
of the paper currency Of the country
forbids you to hope for here
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03
GENERAL MOURNING.

All the stores in the city are closed,
aud placards put upon the doors AClos-
ed in consequence of the disaster at the
Capitol" No more business was done
during the day. Tonight meetings are
held by the members of the Press Asso-
citation, the late military organizations,
and the bar and citizens generally. To-
morrow will be observed as a day of
general mourning.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03
Cabinet Canvass for the Piebisci-
luMl

PARIS, April 26.-M. Emile olivier
has addressed circular to the electors
of France He impresses upon the peo-
pie the fact that while an affirmative vote
means quiet and peace and gives oppor-
tunity for the Emperor and his Minis
ters to accomplish reforms, a negative
vote means anarchy, disorder revolution
and REVENGE
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

wFiftcen thousaad-tleaths BY chol
ERA have recently occurred in the Island
of Zanzibar, within six weeks.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03

WASHINGTON, April 2S.--.Some days
ago the Department of State was inform
ed by Minister Sickles and Minister Ro-
berts that an order had been issued by
the Spanish Government for the surren-
der of the steamer Aspinwall. Although
a sufficient length of time had elapsed,
the Cuban authorities had not acted, 1t
is suspected that The Captain General Is
restrained by the volunteers. Our Coy
ernment is pressing compliance with the
order, which will doubtless soon be ac-
corded
There is no doubt that large amount
of war material belonging to the Feni-
ans is being distributed along the bor-
der. Our Government has adopted all
the available means to restrain posi-
BILE movement and to prevent breach
Of the neutrality laws.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-05-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

RoMr. April 25-Via LONDON, April
26.-In the Ecumenical Council to-day
600 fathers voted with one voice for the
CoRstitutio dc Eide.
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Exceedingly Personal.

Mr. Washington Mclean, the author
of the article Iii yesterdays Enquirer
denouncing Mr. lIalstead, understanding
at a late hour last evening from reliable
authority that he Mr.. Halstead) inten-
ided in this mornings issue of the Com
mercial to affect ignorance CT the real
author of the paragraph in the Enqui-
rer, caused to be delivered to Mr.. Hal
stead last night the subjoined note, which
deprives him of all excuse in the premi.
soc.