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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

Ben BUTLER is reported to have
said in recent conversation that, .sthe
Republic an party is not now united
upon single question of public poll
cy. Upon the Tariff question it is
split III two by the backbone of the
Alleghanies. Upon all financial issues
the division is almost as marked. The
party has no longer any. coherent
force, and recognizes no leadership.
1t gives no support to the administra-
tion it mas chosen, which was not able
at the last session of Congress to carry
a single one of the measures it prt =
posed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

%. THE immigration Convention met
at Indianapolis on Wednesday the
l23d inst, Governor Baker, of Indi-
ana, was made permanent chairman.
Delegates from twenty different States
were present. The Convention re-
ceiveda q report Of the average num-
ber Of Immigrants which arrived each
Of the five decades from 1920 to 1870.
In the first decade from 1826ito 1929,
the average number, per year was l2,-
81. while from 1860 10 1869 the aye
rage number per year was 235,475.--
One fact alone is significant. In the
decade from 1910 to 1S49, the average
number per year was 142, ,729.6 From
1850 to 1860, the average number per
year was 2S1, ,453.. Or very nearly dod-
bic the previous decade. During the
war the immigration tell OFF. .aaa bio
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08


IT is rumored that Boutwellsis GO
ing out of the Cabinet. The New
York Evening Post says ahis chances
for the Presidential nomination made
him unpleasant to the President, who
is using all the means in his power
to secure denomination" Boutwell,
is a strong man among Republicans
who give full credence to his treasury
statements. They have a sort of
loose idea he pays off several millions
Of the public debt out Of his own
pocket, every month. Delano is re-
ported as the probable Finance Min
lister. He can be relied on to run the
department in the interest of his mas
ter. ....e.fes ,.f.i - IN .s-.1
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08
Tho Storm at Observation-Disclosures of
Property and Loss of Life.

CINCINNATI, DEC. 5.-A part of the
west wall of the new building now
erecting by the Cincinnati Gas and
Coke Company, corner of Fourth and
Plum streets, was blown down at
half past two this afternoon by the
strong wind that was prevailing,
burying five carpenters at work on
the third floor. John Daner of Gin
cinnati, and Henry Willinghoff of
Covington, were instantly killed,
both being shockingly mangled. F.
Jonas of Cincinnati died in a few
minutes, and Jack Steiniger of Gin
cinnati expired after reaching the hos
pital. A carpenter named Plumb
was seriously hurt, and John WeIyn-
der slightly. The building was near
ely ready for the roof.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

The Secretary of the Treasury in
his statement for November claims
reduction of the public debt during
that month of$7,475,S60. To do this
they have taxed the people enormous-
ly and unequally. iR
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

The New York Ig3bune having as
serted that the Protectionists gained
one member of Congress from Mime
sofa at the late election, the st. Paul
Despatch, Republican: comes back on
the assertion in the following manner: ::
"The members of Congress elect
from this State were especially chosen
as anti-protectionlsts. They ran on
anti-protection platforms, and their
public and private pledges were fairly
and squarely against protection and
in favor of revenue tariff alone.
They are men, too, who can be relied
upon to keep their pledges. A pro-
tectionist who writes thousand pages
relative to his knowledge of farmi ng.
which has been CLEANED from the cul-
tivation of few acres of stones at
Chappaqua, may derive some comfort
from these facts, but the chemical
conundrum of extracting blood from
turnip is good deal less difficult" !"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08
1850

The increase in some of these States
is very small, but none of them show
any falling off, 1t appears that New
Hampshire is the only State in the
Union which has absolutely dimin-
ished in population during the last de-
cade. The greatest proportional gain
in any State is that of Nevada, but as
it was the smallest of the States when
admitted, this is no. more than what
was. to have been expected. The larg-
est actual gain is in Illinois-over S00,-
000-wflich brings her up to within
250,O00 of Ohio, butleaves her as be-
fore, the fourth State in population
The relative order of the States as to
population is not materially changed,
but Missouri outsfrips Indiana and be-
comes the fifth State. Indiana is the
sixth, Massachusetts is the seventh,
and then follow Kentucky VI, Tennessee,
Virginia, Georgia. Michigan, Iowa,
Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Ala
bama-in all sixteen States which
have upward of 100000 inhabitants.
In 1860 there were but eleven sueh.-
Iowa has made the greatest jump in
rank. She was the nineteenth in
1860; she is now the thirteenth.
North Carolina, on the other hand,
stood twelfth in 1860, and d9nows drops
to the fourteenth place and Alabama
now stands as the sixteenth, whereas
she was thirteenth ten years ago.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

giqTHE Democracy OF the Dayton Dis
trict invite rather than fear the con-
test for Hon, L. d. Campbell's seat
rrcposed by the Schenck people,
They desire an opportunity to bring
out the fact by proof before a commit
tee Of Congress that the protection
ring at the east sent S30000sinto the
district to carry Schenck's election by
bribery and corruption, Crisis.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

The fact that Judge Dent, brother
in-law of the President, is, McGarra-
hans counsel, accounts for the milk
in the cocoanut.m slii Jils9agg
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

q DoNN PIATT, says, that Z" "a distir-
'guished Senator, and warm political
and personal friend of Grant, has said,
I understand-and his name you are
welcome to, if this statement is doubt
.ed--that the President cannot read
anything so as to understand It, when
presented to him in writing. The
matter has to be read to him and ex-
planned, or else printed out, before he
can get the meaning through his exec.
utivc skull.1 But he understands
g hoss,a and that is sufficient for q
Radical President. blow $50. .ea
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

The Fort Scott. Kansas, Democrat,
places the name of Allen q. Thurman
at the head of it,, columns. as it's can
didate for President in 1872. slsl iu
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

The full returns of the vote of West
Virginia shows Democratic majority
of 1886 ON the State ticket, with a
Democratic majority of two in the
Senate and "a in the House-26 on
joint ballot. That will do for a State
created by the Radicals to make more
sure their ascendency. @
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

The Worcester, Mass, Palladium
(RadicaD thus proclaims its adherence
to what the Cincinnati Gazette and
other Radical sheets have been in the
habit of denouneing as the 'epestilent
theory of State Rights"
.,It Our security and permanence as
nation depends upon the fidelity with
which we adhere to the rights of the
States. They are the stays and braces
that keep the mainmast from careening
and prevent the sship of State from
drifting and going to pieces upon
shoals and ledges that are ever in it's
pathway"
Don't the Radicals think such ut
terances reasonable
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08
TEE MrssAar.-We present TO th,

The MEssAGE.-We present to the
readers of the Pass. this week, the
Annual Message of President Grant,
in the form of an extra. We have
barely had time since receiving the
documents to hastily glance over il,
and are unprepared to comment OH
Its merits or criticise its positions.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

The New York Sun thinks that
+" stars are clearly the best assrono-
mers, because they have studded the
heavens since the creation" va
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08
THE CENSUS OF 1870.
The Returns from TWenty-Eight States.

From the Boston Advertiser, Nov sthl
The following table exhibits the
census return, nearly or quite coili-
piete, In q of the States. 1t will be
observed that the list doesnot include
any of the Eastern States, New Eng
land, New York, Pennsylvania or
New Jersey. The returns from all
the others are given:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

A BAD SPELL.-Sixty members Of
an educational institute in Maine, re-
GENTLY spelled caterpiller seventeen
different ways.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

A FIRE at Kickapoo, ILL.,, on Sunday
morning destroyed the mill of Voor-
hees & Leeds. Loss $4,000. aiW
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

CONGRESS violates the Constitution,
and then enacts laws to punish the
violation of its violations.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

THE Democratic majority in Ken
lucky at the late election is about 3d.
0Q0. The entire Congressional dele
CATION from ihe State are Democrats.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08
speak kindly to to the CoIored Man,


s Lewis and Henry Canter, of Law
renee county, Ohio, father AMI son,
were tried in the United States Court,
at Cincinnati, last week, before Judge
Leavett, on charge of preventing a
colored man from voting. This is the
first trial had under the odious law of
Congress, 1t appears that Lewis
spoke rudely to couple of colored
men, who were approaching the polls,
on election day. He should not have
talked so harshly to the nations
wards If he wanted to swear at
anybody he should have directed his
remarks to some poor white man, and
the /" nation" would have overlooked
the matter, and not dealt SO crually
with him. AS it was, the son was ac-
quilted, and Lewis Canter, for hurting
the feelings of Jupiter Wilkinson and
his sable companion, is to be confined
one month in the Lawrence county
Jail Being poor man, The fine of
$500 was mercifuIly remitted. Let
this be warning. Henceforth re-
member the Fifteenth Amendment,
and speak in gentle tones to the Afri-
can on election day. If you should,
from any cause, become angry, ad-
dress your remarks to q white man,
and you will not be punished.-Ports-
mouth Times. -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

The International Hotel at Yank-
ton, Dakota, was destroed by fire on
Frikay morning last. Loss $4,000.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

Il -zfss -.
LIEUT.. GEN. SHERMAN's annual re-
pert of the army has been published.
The regular army consists of 2.4SS Of
ficers and 34870 enlisted men. The
number of officers is being rapidly
reduced, and by January, will reach
the legal standard of 2,277. Gen.
Sherman recommends that the duty
of the army, when called upon to aid
the civil authorities, be clearly defined
by statute. O, He thinks the soldiers
ought not to be expected to make in
dividual arrests, or do any other act
Of violence, except in their organized
capacity as posse comitatus, duly
summoned by the United States Mar
shall and acting in his personal pres
ence, -. - .,..:s.r j, s.s .s,.a IA
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

THE official returns Of the Illinois
election show a Radical majority of
%, ,149 against 81, ,I53 for Grant In 1868.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

NORTH CAROLINA SENAToR.-On
Tuesday Of last week the North Car
o,ina Legislature, which is strongly
Democra tic, elected Ex-Governor Zeb-
dlon B.eNance as United States SEN
ator from that State for the term of
six years, commencing on the 4th of
March next, by vote of "a to So to
Abbott the present Radical incumbent.
The Radicals are threatening to ex-
clude him from the seat for the reason
that he was identified with the Confed-
erats scauss during the late "onpleas- :
antness, and has not had his disabil-
tiles removed BY Congress, though he
received a pardon from President
Johnson., AT the beginning of the
late troubles he was opposed to seces-
sioa, and was in favor Of peaea. with
the United States, and at the close OF
the war he issued q proclamation, as
Governor of North Carolina. calling
upon the people to abstain from all
acts of Violence, and from all further
resistaneeeto the Federal authority.
But the trouble is that he isa Demo-
crat, in favor of maintaining the Gov
ernment and Constitution of the
fathers Of the Republic, and opposed
TO The revolutionary schemes of the
.Jacobins, and they win therefore visit
their vengence upon him, while such
patriots as Longstreet are taken into
full communion by them. 1871 n
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

The Albany Argus of Friday gives
tho following as the official vote of
New York for Governor at the late
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08
ltt. FIistorv Of 8 Codh Z hfeTfsIit.,ssr. 2

2 AT an early age Thomas. Hale 2 was
way ward, and before he was 81 he
had forged the name of ami aunt on a
$500 note and was sent to prison for
three years. .AtterWard be became
proprietor of the e Exchange" on
Houston street; New York, 4 noted
gambling resort andathe headquarters
rofIeeunterfeitersv Afraid was made
on the house at one time by the ;po-
was recovered. Heb Showed II Of
the cpnnferfeit $50 Treasury NOTES in
one day when they fgat lmadei their
,appearanee. rAfterward, he was the
heal Of the worst counterfeiting game
in the country, and began circulating
fractional cnfrency9d In March, 1865,
he had agents threughontithe country,
and ON account of the sickness of one
these, Hale himself undertook to, de-
liver 50, 800 in FRACTIONAL currency to
a man pOhfo. q iHeswas Spotted and
arrested, and plead guilty. He then
informed Colonel Woody Chief De-
teetiye of the RreasuryaiD Department,
that he had secrets about. counterfeit
ing OF inestimable value. He was re-
leased, and was kept IN the pay Of the
GoRernment for several months! All
this ttimez he, was engaged rims the
counterfeiting business, but was ,agsin
arrested, and is now in prisoa, await
ing sentence. This IS surely an ex-
tfaefdinafy career for SO young .
man ~ P ittsb sbairgh Gdzetteg eai asiiIG1
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08
NEWS ITEMs.

The impression is said to prevail in
the West, that the Indians will enter
upon general war on the opening of.
spring.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08

votes, 1by "a unanimous Democratic
delegation in Congress in Kent tueky,
by 4 Democratiea majority of 10000,
with 25,00o negro votes for the Presi-i
dent ;deini Delaware -whieh III a
stronger Democratic State than ever
before, in, Nevada, .bY.a; Democratic
majority in Tennessee, Illinois and
Afabaina where the Democrats have
gained largely, and in West Virginia
and Indiana, where othe tables have
been completely turned .bssis Iofy={
The Presidents. endorsement in
Kansas and Louisiana is small indeed
Ecomparedi with the great gains and
victories elsewhere, and herein Is the
impeachment of the Pfesideitaof the
United States, aud if not by the
supreme law, as appointed in the
Constitution, then by the Voice. of
the people, Gen. Grant, stands di-
rectly rebuked for the executive in
terference in the elections of the peo-
pie, aud in the States of, New. York,
Missouri, and tMaryiafld, the rebuke
is of that kind which no caIumny can
answer no argument Grem0Vee andno
appeal set, aside.r The whole people
of the United States were told that
the election IN this State ii 1868 was was
Isa fraud upon the ballot box, which
was to, ibeosset aside by thcs military
vigilance, and election Iofe 1870. The
Ielection,has been held, and Gov. Hoff-
mans majority is some thousands
flmore than'it was In 1868. Herein is
sncfi,a; complete refutatibn of theeer-
acity, and criticisms and fcalugnnies
of the Federal Administration. as
amounts to q moral Impeachment BY
the people. .12lNeaD FORK E1pwess. "a
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-23
The Cairo Bulletin, July %

"A clerk In an Eric hotel has u mag
niAcent scheme In view. II is circu lar
hotel, to rest on pivot like a locomotive
turn table. Tho object lie TO give every
guest front room Chat being an almost
invariable request) by assigning guests to
the places then in front, and turning them
to the rear upon the advent Of Others.
Tho Chicago Times remarks that the
Independent continues to "inhict upon an
innocent public immense wood-cuts (un-
meaning blotches) Of the most terrific and
s sSas's so WHICH. Dsi ises;ns
ahsonly cut Of .xhieh ii u. capsblelr-lNsp
York Commercial Advertiser.
srFsom present i6dicatiops tie contsm-
Plated strike Of the. miners Of the eJcran-
ton, Pa, coal region, in favor OF the eight
hour law, will prove . failure. The strike
was ~ have begun. on the 18th inst, but
upto The p tssn 4 $ss nothing Of itbe Kind
has been done tits thought thsti fail.
ure % force the strike win result In n gen.
eral resumption Of work in the Schuylkill
region.
"A rural poet, who wrote in some ten.
der lines addressed to his love I'VE will
hallow her grave with our tear, wa
sprprised at q call from Henriettes broth
er next morning, armed with n club, whc
extended stirring Invitation 10 him /,
come down and have his head broken
which he defined. The local paper hat
made che line road, I'VE will harrow hel
grave with our steers .......l
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-23

HG- II is now reduced 10 u certainty that
the States Of Southern and Middle Ger.
many will take sides with Prussia against
their common enemy, France. These states
include Bavaria, Wurtemberg, BaGen,
Hesse and Lichtcnstein, with total pop
ulation Of about ten millions. Ofthese ten
millions, Bavaria has five, and can furnish
An army of5oooo men, backed by re-
serve Of 10000 Wurtembrcs has l,SoO,-
600 people, and If pushed to the ut,ermost
can send $4,000 soldiers into the field
Baden numbers a million inhabitants, and
its army on war footing may be SGT down
ut 10000 Hesse has about the same pop
ulation, but will no, be able to muster
moro than half "a many muskcts, LIGHT
snstein has less than million people, and
no army q, all. Prussia, then, may safely
rely upon at least l25, 600 troops from tins
quarter most valuable reinforcement in
sharp emergency.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-23
ALL SORTS.

General Forrest is one of the lions at
Long Branch.
Dubuque now has rowing club, Of
which Gen. WIN. Hyde Clarke 10 prssi-
dent.
Fifteen railroads have been begun and
nearly completed in Indiana since 1865.
The average age Of the present mem.
bers Of the United States Senate is AL
years.
The matrimonial fever il said to have
broken on, among the West Point cadets.
--Titu.villc, Pa, which Is not named in
the census Of isGo, now numbers nearly
5000 Inhabitants.
Five thousand houses in Philadelphia,
nearly all of the better class, are said 10 be
| tenantless.
1t is proposed To build u first class no.
tel in New Albany. The only thing want.
ing is the money.
Besides his "Childs History OF Eng.
land Dickens wrote for his children 4
Life of the SAVIOR which is yc, to b,
published.
From the year 1862 to 1867, according
to recent publication, 1865 people were
killed, and 44?6 wounded by railway &C.
ciicnts.
An Ohio farmer was 50 injudicous u.
Ia demonstrate with n young man for
stealing his blackbcrries and was promptly
and fatally shot.
"A little Pennsylvania girl yomited ul
u snake the other day, and then died She
is supposed to have swallowed the wiggler
about oigh, months ago.
L., In, \ ,,,. NH
SCHOOL to go fishing, and go, drowned
thereby giving to school teachers new
point against the truants.
William White, u Louisville cemetery
sexton, was cowhidcd adsy or two ago fol
attempting TO outrage two young girl
while showing Thorn through the grounds,
An analysis shows that cotton seed 1,
a highly concentrated food, and il richer in
flesh producing elements than corn, but
somewhat inferior to corn as fat pro-
Queer.
-Shipbuilding is very duh in East
Boston. a few years ago ut least ono
thousand ship carpenters were employed
at one time upon new ships; now there
are but a few employed and they upon old
| ones.
The Independence Beige announces
that MI Charles Delesciuze, chief editor
Of the Rereil, has taken up his residence
ut Brussels in order to avoid the thirteen
months imprisonment 70 which he WAS
recently condemned.
There wi II be no privstesring In war
between France and Prussia. II is for.
hidden by the "Psris Declaration" 1885
which was signed by the plenipotentiaries
Of England, France, Prussia, Sardinia and
Turkey.
A number of Christian ladies in Prov.
idence, II. J., have combined for the pur.
pose Of holding prayer meetings in honses
of i'll fame in that city. They have al
ready commenced work, and thus Gar their
efforts have been well received.
"A Cincinnatian dreamed three years
ago of seeing "A friends funeral, and that
friend has since drank himself 10 death
with cheerful regularity, dying on the
date seen on the coffin plate Of the vision.
This they call prophecy, out there os-
ton Post
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-23
ALEX. n. IRWIN. Chm.

D6r The Democracy Of Alexander
county should bear in mind that the mass
convention to select delegates TO the Con-
gressionAi and Senatorial conventions, will
be held NJ the court house in this city, on
the 3oth Of the presen, month, TO wit:
next Saturday.
II is quite important tina, there should
be full convention. The county Is en-
titled TO eleven delegates in other conven-
ton, and these delegates should be men
who appreciate the situation and full un-
derstand the necessities ofthc times. They
should DC live men, having no axes
Of their own 10 grind no connection with
cliquss or rings no political aims para
mount 10 tho success Of the Democratic
party in tho pending contest. The people
keenly feel the burdens imposed upon
them, the high taxes, protective tariff and
financial policy Of the present administra-
Zion, and elamor for relief We wan, men
In the Metropolis conventions who viii
force an issue with the Radical party On
these and all other lire questions
men who Nre willing to let those
issues now dead, that always
brought defeat and disaster to the DE
mocracy, rest; men who comprehend tn,
drift Of public sentiment and have the Sc
gacity to profit by the opportunities !, pre-
ssnts for party advancement. II we hav'
such men there to inauguratc the cam
paign, victory Is insured, beyond all con
tinpcDcy
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-23
~ The Chicago Post affects :,

80 The Chicago Post affects to believe
that the Democratic party must die of its
own stupidity. As tho death Of the old
party will be IN event Of the remote fi.
ture, the Post is Welcome TO all the pleas
ure ia CONJECTURE. afford it. Admitting
that these conjeciures will ultimately be
verified, we take u good deal Of comfor, in
the thought tha, !, Is better to DO threat
sned with death from stupidity, than to be
suffering, ms the Radical party now Is, in
the throes Of dissolution from dose OF
corruption that will damn it, very momory,
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-23
Ghr Bul1etin.

From the Address Of Democratic Congressman
,et there be no discussions about minor
matters no time lost IN discnss'o"
Of dead events no manifestation "
narrow or prcscrllni'e fee'inf ,.or.
sacrifice of the cause 10 grai"! P
sonal ambition or resentment