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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-15
Struggles with the
EXeculiOner and GuilIOtine.

Galignaii's Messenger, Of Paris, OF
January 81, reports the very latest mo-
ments of life of the murderer Traup-
mann, with his conduct at the guillotine
thus :.
When the prisoner was getting ready
to leave his cell for the toilette" NJ.
Claude, the head of the secret police,
asked him had he nothing to confess
81 aided" said the prisoner, 'but new
er struck" s'Did you persist in affirnit
ing that you had accomplices p "Yes, j
certainly had'' ''Will you name them p
"No," was the answer.
Some of the journals state that, by &
sudden movement of the shoulders, he
attempted, just as the slide was put IN
motion, to escape from the hold of the
executioner's assistant, and that it re-
quired all the strength of the latter,
whose hand was bitten. The Gazette
des Tribundux gives the following ac1
count of the incident SIT was then
that, III the presence of an inevitable and
immediate death. Traupmann manifested
the most evident signs of terror. On
being stretched on the slide he first made
a convulsive movement of his head ana
body to the right; on being forced back
towards the lunette he made plunge
forward and endeavored to get his right
shoulder into the aperture. In word,
this great criminal clurg desperately t5
life, and endeayored by every means to
escape the terrible fate that awaited him.
The executioner, having by main force
brought back the criminal into the prop
er position, the upper lunette was fixed
on his neck, and moment after the
blade fell.'' e
The Droit says: cat FIVE PAGES dis
tance, in the misty light, there was
scarcely any possibility of distinguish
ing the criminal from the assistants Of
the executioner. At the last moment
Traupmann attempted desperate effort
and twisted himself violently to the right
but being pursued back by one of the
attendants, he made lunge to the left
and one of his shoulders was !or a nids'
ment engaged in the circular aperture
destined for the neck The powerful
hand of the executioner forced him back
upon the sliding panel, and the next in-
slant dull thud announced that the
crime of Pantin was expiated" -
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Emile Olivier proposes to charge 100.
600 francs for the privilege Of fighting o
duel in France. r
The initials of George Augustus Sa.
las name are said to indicate the quality
of his later writings. 6
A noble Polish exile is in Baltimore
He has taken up permanent lodgings al
the station house. .
Congressman should have supplied
themselves with enough penknives to bt
able to cut down expenses.
The Indians favor the importation ol
Chinese. They want those long pig
tail scalps.
A California paper abuses man be-
cause he backed out of fight after get
ting both ears bitten off.
An English coast steamer lately burn
ed one hundred pigs in order to get into
port, having exhausted her coal
The Book Concern committee of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in New
York hold daily sessions and are still
engaged on the alleged frauds.
The Iowa Legislature takes 90 daily
papers for each member of the Senate
and twenty five for each member of the
House.
The editor of the Poilc County, Wis.
Press has hen that lays two eggs {
day. He remarks that eggs are wortl
two and a half cents apiece.
| A New Orleans husband was divorced
on the ground that what he calls his wife
is more chignon, false teeth and paddins
than woman.
Mcfarland, the killer Of Richardson
was visited in the Tombs on Thursday
by Mr.. Rogers, of Philadelphia, who
profered $500 to the fund for his de
fcnse.
Under big rock.in Jasper Co., Ind.
last week, some workmen found an(
killed ZIG snakes, Of all the yarietic!
known iu that part of the country.
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SMOKE The cigar makers are uneasy
There is probability that the duty or
imported cigars will be reduced, and this
no doubt, would be change that the
vast majority of men in the country
wotfd Welcome; but the cigar nsakcrf
protest againstit. The law suits them
and so never mind what the people want
only consider the cigar makers. This
is the spirit of protection cSerywhere-
depressing the many for the beueft oi
the few.
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White People Taxed TO support
Negr0ea.

=
The Lower House Of Congress has,by
a vote, directed the Secretary of War to
issue rations to the worthless Negroes
of Washington City.
Washington is filled with idle Negroes
taken there to vote the Radical ticket,
and kept there to retain that party in
power, in the District.
The people have been often told that
the Negroes only required their freedom,
but, since. they obtained that the country
has been taxed year after year to sup
port them in idleness, for the benefit OF
Radicals anxious to be elevated to off.
cial position.
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nEThe more intellioent part of IN

REThe more intelligent part Of the
Radical party are disgusted with GRANT
because of the revelations concerning
bis dabbling in the stock market with
GOULD, FISK 4 Co. Taxpayers oppose
the idea of the President of the United
States renting his influence over the U.
S. Treasury, to the bulls and bears of
Wall street. They don't want their
money squandered in gold speculations,
to ill the pockets of GRANT, CoRBIN d
Co., and then be taxed double in the fu-
ture to- supply the deficiency.
s'Let us have peace"
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T E L E G r A P 81 I G

WHEELING, February 5.-The Senate
last evening, by vote of IA to s, con-
Cured in the House resolution for the
impeachment of Judge Nat Harrison, Of
the Seventh Judicial district.
In the House Yesterday the political
struggle over the registration question
was the most prolonged contest that ever
transpircd in the Legislature of this
State. The liberal and straight republi-
cans, with few exceptions, united on the
passage of the Wells bill, vesting the
power of appointments in the Governor.
PARIS, February 6.-The French Pos
tai Administration announces that the
postage ON unprepaid tersfrom Amer
lea to France, will be so centimes under
10 drachms.
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To Grants Supporters.

i Read the following pen picture of the
Administration you voted into power
and place:
Probably no Administration ever be-
fore succeeded in so short time in mus
tering into its service such wonderful
alienation between crime and incompe-
tenee as constitutes the chief character
istic of Grants appointments"
"Egad, it is model Administration.
too-a model of bralnless conccit-a
model of ignorant arrogance-a model
of vil,alnous hypocrisy model OF
shameless bribery--.a model of crime
and imbecility, in all their forms, shapes
and dimensions-just such model as
rogues will follow and honest men shun
in the future"
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Retirement Of Army Onicers.

General Sherman issued an order the
Sth inst, retiring all officers detailed in
colleges as professors and large num-
Der of Others, giving them to understand
that they may go into other business and
will probably not be wanted in the army
any longer. This is in effect telling them
that as they have fought the good fight
for the country during her time Of trou-
BILE they can now go home and fight the
good fight for themselves.
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Coldin Illinois.

1t is reported that gold has been dis
covered on Big Run, Clark County, ILL
nois. "The people of that section are
wild with the gold mania and are leaving
all other business to search for the pre-
cious metal" SO reads the telegram from
Terra Haute, Ind 4th inst.
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Rg-It is said that the publishers of
the Revolution, who blow so heartily
about the rights of women, only pay
their girls two-thirds what the men re.
ceive for the same labor. The blatant
advocates of women's political rights are
generally of a class who deny them all
natural and personal rights.
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judicial Murder.

Montmgne relates that, after some
men had been condemned to death, Cor
murder, the judges were informed, BY
the officers of an inferior court, ,that cer-
tain persons in their custody had con-,
fessed the crime, and that there was no,
doubt of their guilt; yet the judges,
would not revoke the sentence, because
they deemed it bad precedent to show,
by so doing, that the law could err.
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vThis is the way the New York
Herald strikes from the shoulder some
times: "The Boston Transcript echoes
the yelp of Harper's Weekly that Gener-
al Robert E. Lee should not be treated
with the respect due to his own private
character If every Radical member OF
Congress should be treated with the re-
spect due his private character it might
be weighed in scales SO diminutive that
they could be placed on the point Of q
cambria needle Whitfield down to the lit
tie point of nothing"
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~In Quincy, Illinois.a widow Of fift,

wI In Quincy, Illinois,a widow of fifty
engaged male friend to aid her to cast
a matrimonial net for an old gentleman
of seventy. The affair was success,
but, after the ceremony was over, the
male friend claimed one thousand dol
lars for his services: He was offered
five dollars. but refused. Finally the
matter was compromised by the bride
paying the agent fifty-fve dollars.
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The Last Of George. Peabody.

The last ceremonies over the remains
of this illustrious philanthropist were
performed the Sth inst, in the village in
Massachusetts that bears his name. Mr..
Robert c. Winthrop pronounced an elo-
quent eulogy on the character and career
of the dead, after which the remains
were carried in procession to the family
tomb and there deposited. Prince Ar
thur, Mr., Thornton, the British Minister,
and numerous other prominent men at
tended the fuLeral.
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E%The Hartford Times declares that
when Senator Summer complimented Mrs.
Senator Revels upon the good fortune
of her husband, that delighted lady re-
piled. "Thank you,sah dough de Lord
afflick you wild white skin, he glib you
a heart as black as anybody'sp
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-15

EF1he Athens Messenger and Jour
nal, both Radical. are having an inter
esting family quarrel. Tie Democracy
are cl,eckfing at the rupture, and pat
ting BOTH
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~ Congress has appropriated $50,
600 to feed the worthless Negroes in the
District of Columbia
Who ever heard of Congress appro
priating money to assist the poor white
people Of this country?
No one. But plenty of laws have
been passed whereby the white people
are being ground down by taxation, tc
enrich the rogues now administering tht
affairs of the country.
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~The people are taxed TO enable
the Radicals to impose odious restric
tons upon the people Of the country
and keep up a large army to force men
to vote to elect and retain Negroes and
Radicals in power.
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HAddrcss all letters:
sTHE srmrr OF DKMocRAcr."
Monroe County,
Ohio.


A few days ago the Cleveland Herald
a Radical paper, said: $50 far, this ses
sion, Congress gives no hope OF lifting
from the backs of the people any por
ton Of the burden that bears SO cruelty
upon the industrial interests of the land
Taxes, taxes, taxes, are the skeleton thai
stares every man, woman and child in
the face. Taxes, taxes, taxes, meet the
business man at every corner. Taxes
taxes, taxes, every where. Taxes, taxes
taxes, morning, noon and night. VIZ
breakfast, dine and sup on taxes, and Al
night pillow our heads on taxes"
The picture is not oyefdrawn, and ye'
Radicalism continues to harp tho Ole
tune Of ECONOMY and rctrenchment,'
which has the desired cffect-that of de
luding their followers.
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-
EE BRIGHAM YouSa, when he heard
of the bill recently introduced into Con
gross to prevent polygamy in Utah, com
mcnced to sing, "Shoo, Fly, don't bod
der mc.s'
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EgThe movement Of the Postofiice
Department to get up public sentiment
in the way of memorials for the aboli-
ton of the franking privilege will cost
the Government nearly $40, 900; The
cost of printing the circulars sent out to
Postmasters foots up at the Government
printing Office nearly $4,000. ..t.a4 Z,
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ETs Pears to me some folks are
mighty particular" was the remark of a
negro as.a lady refused to les>him sit in
her lap in q New York street car.
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EF-MAcFs correspondent of the En-
quires, says REyELs, Negro Senator from
Mississippi, is the total result of the
four years crusade against the South.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-15

Mrs. Amelia Hobbs has been elected
a Justice Of the Peace for Jersey Land
ing township, Jersey County, ILL.,, by
majority of 26. This is the first woman
ever elected TO office in II|jpoiSA
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-02-15

GIRLIsH MoDESTY-The editor of the
Marietta Register, in kis editorial cor
respondenc,," from Columbus, writes of
himself as "the Senator from our Dis
trict'
Scrgeaht-a arms! Bring a fan to hide
those blushing whiskers.-W Woodsfeld
Spirit.
The Ohio Legislature is "sour grapes"
to the editor of the Spiri.He was can
didate for nomination, last fall, but failed
to carry a township in dark Monroe;
came in third best; was beaten out of
sight by an old, wind d-broken, spawned,
knock kneed canal-horsc named Milli
gan, and all this when he (the editor)
had his powerful press, with 400 subscri-
bers, to do his opn boosting!
He can take his spite out on ''the Sem
ator from this District "-Narietta Reg
iSter.
Mr.. WILLIAMS is the author of the
above squip from the SPIRIT, but, in his
absence, we will answer the sensitive
gentleman of the Register.
1st. The editor of the SPIRIT carried
.tre townships ''in dark Monroe"
I'd. The vote stood for the several
candidates as follows:
MILLIGAN, townships, S11 votes
WEST, 5 TAP
DoUGHERTY,3 ,474 3"
LAMPING, 9 g 2S9 4"
/ MARTIN, 291 {"
Sd. There are four falsehoods in the
Registers t,celre line reply, viz:
We were not candidate for nomi-
nation last fall"
! We did not "fail to carry a township
in dark Monroe"
i We did not come Gin third best"
We did not do our ''opn boostingm
The insulting reference to Mr.. MILL
GAN is couched in language not made
use of by gentlemen; but is in perfect
accord with the filthy productions of the
diseased brain of the person now editing
the Marietta Register,
"lS7ander, that worst of poisons, ever finds
! An easy entrance to ignoble minds"
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bogus Ec0nbmy of Grants Admin
fStraftOn.

Congressman DAWES, Of MassachG-
sets, life long Radical, states that the
estimates of GRANTS administration for
the ensuing year are $49.OOO.OOO
more than those Of ANDREW JoHNsoN's S
for the last year of his term ofiioffice. J.
This statement he makes from his seat
in Congress, from figures furnished him,
as Chairman of the Committee of Ap-
preparations. s1A1
During the Presidential campaign the
people were harrangued by the Radicals,
into the belief, that GRANTS election
would secure ECONOMY and retrench.
ment" in every branch of the Govern
ment.
Mr.. DAWES expose shows to the peo-
pie the fallacy of placing any confidence
in Radical protestations, where money OF
honor are at stake. The record shows
that the party in power have violated
every pledge made to the American peo,
Pile, with the same audacity that charac-
terizes the highwayman and the fate oi
the despoiler of the people will as surely
| be theirs.
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~Hon. TRUMAN H. HoAG, Demo-
cratic Congressman, from Ohio, died at
Washington, the 9Th inst, of pheumo.
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are the beautiful, intelligent, and, TO all
appearance, happy boys and girls of this
unfortunate class, with the prospect of
life yet unable to converse with the out
side world, or to make known their
wants or wishes-promising in every
thing save the faculty of hearing, about
to go forth to battle with the realities of
lie, yet silent and deaf members of So
ciety-una5le to cope with the word in
many of the ordinary businesses of life,
and yet entitled to the warmcst attention
and most charitable consideration of the
citizens of the State Of Ohio; and the
State has very justly provided all the
means that can be done to prepare them
to cope with the realities of life. When
| began this letter l proposed to give
you description Of several institutions,
but have extended it beyond what ex-
pected, and l shall delay description of
the others for some future letter. A.
Another 'sMOdeI' Congressman.
GRANT has the misfortune to select as
his champions the jiost corrupt and
worthless men in the country. MACK
in a recent letter from Washington, gives
a brief history of one Of them.
81 come now to speak of Grants 6edtt
ideal Congressman-a man whom he
used his influence with the people of
Virginia 10 have nominated and elected
"a man whom he has put forward as
the champion of his administration in
Virginia, and to whom he has confided,
more than to any one else, the distribu-
ton of the Federal patronage of that
State. l allude to the "Hon. Joseph
Segar," Congressman at large from Vir-
ginia, but not yet admitted, there being
some doubt whether that State is entitled
to representative at large Ihave known
Mr.. Segar by sight for some years; but
his personal acquaintance is a distin-
guished honor / have never enjoyed. He
has been resident of Washington since
the commencement of the war, believe
and has made himself quite conspicu-
ous feature of this great city-the rival
of Beau Hickman in notoriety, though
not the equal of that remarkable person
in all respects.
Those who have visited Washington
and noted its curious characters must
have seen Mr. Segar, as he has aired
himself on pleasant afternoons in front
of some of the low gambling-heuses in
which he spends his nights. Having seer
him once you are not likely to forget
him-that dingy looking person, with
yellowish hair, God forsaken features
and gold spectacles, always accompanied
by gold headed cane. He has made
his living off the green baize for many
years-playing small game only, fol
want Of funds to indulge in the largel
ventures He was fast losing his statu.
even as a third rate gambler, and acqui
ring fame only as a free luncher, wher
Grant came to his rescue, and under th'
magic of his influence elected him t.
Congress from the good old State o
Virginia. He is the pet of the Admins
tratlon from that State-has access tt
the White House when others have not
Can it be that the mysterious luck whicl
unites him to Ulysses is the little gam
which he practices so proficiently 7"
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wThe original model of telegraph
ic battery filed by Professor Morse,when
he got his patent, has been unearthed
from 10. of old rubbish ir the cellar
of the Patent Office, where it has been
lying for years. The clumsiness of the
s:gnal-key, as compared with the one o.
the present day, is ridiculous. 1t is near
ly two feet long, and has "a large lumE
of led at the end furthest from the hand
to throw the KEY up and break the cir
emit.
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GOLD GAMBLERS Rs.-GRANT, Mrs. GRAM
CoRBIN, Mrs. CoRBIN, GOULD, FIsKE q
Co., Grand Opera House, New York
City. The highest cash prices paid fol
gold and all current stocks; those Sc.
cured by the Government preferred.
/ Private business Office, White House
Washington, DC.
"Let US have peace.".-U. S. GRANT.
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HWALrER C. Hoop, editor of the
Marietta Times suIas up the Ohio Leg
islature in tiiis- style:
"The Senate strikes us as an orderly
deiibcrativc body; the House of Repre-
septativcs is the exact definition OF a
MOD: ..many heads, no brains" at least,
not brains enough to control its action
properly"
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HaElect GRANT ard good times will
follow" was the cry of tie Eadicals in
1858.
GRANT was elected. Where are the
good times?
Will some Radical inform US?
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EE-GeASr's Cabinet have decided to
accept no prcsents-dasss aha 'esich'' =
sent c. Old.
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NWELLEs, Of Missouri, has intro
ddced bill in Congress to reduce the
pay of members from $4,000 to $4,000
He says his chief object in introducing
it was to "starvc out the id carpet
baggcrs."
Will f. II. MooRE, the misrepresenta
tive Of this District, vote for it? Nix.
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rFThc U. $. Senate, refused, by q
voee of l33 to 81, to confirm Attorney
Generaf' HoAR as one of the Judges OF
the L. S. Supreme Court
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Woodsfield, Feb. Is, 1870.

"a union OF hearts, union OF hands,
A uainn that none may sever;
A tpion OF lakes. nnion of lands.
Tie AMERICAN Union FOREVER"
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| trained and fully impressed with moral
and religious principles. The hospital
is well arranged, off by itself, and has all
the necessary conycniences for comfort
and care for the sick. Tae chapel is a
large room capable of accommodating
all the inmates, and every Sabbath the
children are gathered here for moral and
religious instruction; the topics of. the
service are written on large revolving
states and the Superintendent explains,
or talks, as he said, to the children the
subject in full. This is done by signs,
as you all understand that all the con-
versation is carried on by signs, and yet
| it appeared to me these children can talk
as fast with their fingers as we can who
have the use Of our tongues.
To give you some idea Of this build
ing, l give some of the facts as learned
them. Upon the brick walls and ceilings
there are nine acres OF piasterlng; there
are four acres of flooring; one mile OF
hall mating two miles of gas. pipe, and
1856 windows. 1t is capable of accom-
modating 40U students. The whole
building is heated with hot air from a
furnace several hundred feet from the
main building. The sewerage to carry
off offensive matter is very perfect, not
the least offensive smell, even at the
opening. The play halls for small chill
dren are large and comfortable, where
they hare the fullest privilege.
To a person witnessing these poor un-
fortunates conversing with their fingers
. and by signs supplying theloss Of speech
as best it can be done, draws out the
heart in its warmest sympathy. Here