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HJerome Napoleon Bonaparte, ell
dcst son of Napoleon's youngest broth
cr, jerome, King of Westphalia, died at
Baltimore on Friday, Of cancerous af-
fection Of the throat Had he lived un-
til next month he would have completed
his sixty fifth year. HIS father, when a
youth of nineteen, visited this country,
and fell in love with Miss Elizabeth Pat
terson, a daughter of a Baltimore mer,
chant. He married her in December,
1903, and soon after started with his
wife for Europe. Napoleon, however,
would not tolerate the match, and did
not allow the lady to stay on the con-
tinent. She went to England, where
her son was born in July, 1906. Her
husband was compelled by his brother
to marry the daughter of the King of
Wirtemoerg, while she returned to Bal
timore, where she lived much respected
until her death, few years ago. Her
husband was a gentleman of considera-
BILE culture. His son lives in Fran ce
and has been very kindly treated by his
relative, the present Emperor. 'a
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-28


Red Cloud is of the opirion that the
pacific Indian policy Of the Government
consists in driving the red man into the
Western Ocean .gso g
\ Joe Davis, brother of Jefferson, once
owned slave named Ben Montgomery.
The negro now owns Davis former
plantation, and Davis; is poor,
5 The people Of MeConnelsville were
thrown iuto a "broad grin." a Sunday or
two since, in this wise: There we're sew
.eral persons being Immersed. The last
one happened to be a negro. Just as the
minister dipped him under the water,
some unchristian fellow in the crowd
shouted, eDown goes thc fifteenth
Amendment !"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-28

ETThe steamer George B. Upton ar
rived at New York the 10th inst. The
officers confirm the previous reports of
the landing of the first expedition which
fcft New York on May Is, but report
the successful landing on the return trip
of force of 100 men and the addition
al supplies taken on board at Aspinwall,
The landing was effected at IN unfre
quented and unsupported part of the
coast aud was not molested by the Span
iards. The officers of the Upton knew
nothing of the fate of the first expedi-
ton until they reached here. The en-
tire cruise to Cuba and Aspinwall and
return was made under the American
flag.
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ButIcr 10 be Investigated.

: General Butler, who has been contin-
ually at the head of some committee, in
vestisating some body, is at last bim-
selfthe subject of investigation as Treas
Grer aud President of the National Sol
-dicrs' and Sailors Orphans Home He
appeared before the House Military
Committee, the Goth inst, MS witness,
that committee having been directed to
thoroughly investigate that institution
He made statement of the way he had
received and disbursed the funds, which
the committee did not appear to be sat
listed with, and therefore decided to send
for persons and papers. 1t seems that
Butler got a bill passed turning over the
bounty fund and draft COM
mutation fund, &c, to this Institution,
which amounted TO over million and
a suarter of dollars He recently drew
nearly two thirds of this amount, and
Congress is determined that he shall
show what he did with it. z
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-28

EFrPomeroy, of Kansas, chief Of the
land grabbers in the Senate, OH Satur-
day last, got another one of his railroads
extended, no one opposing except Mr..
Thurman. The Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe road was authorized to con.
tinue its line, over three hundred miles,
to Albuquerque, with branch of one
hundred miles or more, which, by the
terms of the bill, without the fact ap.
pearing on its face, can be run through
the Usage lands. This appears to be a
flank movement on Secretary Cox for
his late decision. The grant involves
over six million acres of land. AS in
the case of the Central branch, there is
no necessity for the road, as the Kansas
branch on one side and the Atlantic and
Pacific on the other will both run
through Albuquerque. The bill was
passed without a division.-Ohio States
man. M H ash Aa3
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q.
& In the Connecticut town elections held
recently, the Democrats gain largely
over tie vote for 6 Governor last spring.
The Chinese have dcifed Ward, the
American, who died among them a few
years ago. 4ases
+ Gov. Hoffman, of New York, has We
toed the bill discriminating against for
eign insurance companies in the matter
OF taxation. 1. - ~. s. =.
b The Democrats of Vermont nomina.
ted John l.. Edwards for Governor, and
the other candidates of last year. " ,3s
+ The story that Queen Victoria is about
to marry a Prince of the house Of
Schlcswig Holstein, a relative to her
son-in law, has been repeated by Mrs..
Anna Cora Mowatt Richie. oH not Z.
+ A man who was the valedictorian at
Harvard, about ten years since, now
rings the bell to start the horse cars in
+ A young lady named Seeley, handsome
and of pleasing address, who emigrated
from Massachusetts tosUtah about three
months since, has arrived at San Fran
cisco, fleeing from the embraces Of Brig.
ham Young. fT5l 4 4aa4il4 silisJ L.
Louis. Napoleon is reported to have
lately made use of the following char
|.acteristic words: "My device in politics
| is like that of Wellington in the field
to advance slowly, but never fall back" !"
l-Pdris 9Galignaa,. W ~
The Empress, it is said, glided out of
the Tuileries, one morning, recently, to
sit by sick child, afflicted with small
pox, feeling no repugnance for such
duty,and lending a gentle hand to soothe
the sufferings of her little friend. :
The Massachusetts House of Repre-
sentatiycs voted down, by decided ma.
jority, resolution prohibiting the intro
duction of Coolie labor in that State be
cause of its tendency to degrade white
labor. The Saint Crispins say the mem
bers who voted against that resolution
may as well "peg out" for they have
seen their ''last'' in Massachusetts,. =
The New York Herald advises return
to the old banking institutions, now that
the war is over. 1t considers the State
banking law of New York far better than
the National Currency act; and it asks
Congress to see that when a tax bill re )
lating to banks is passed, that in express
words it be stated that ethere shall be
No fyroater toy lay;ad IN INV, .,f tha fro,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-28

HAVANA, June 22.-All Spanish and
foreign members Of the Masonic order
arrested for attending meeting of the
Lodge have been released on giving bail
to appear for trial = q summons of the
Military Court s
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Notwithstanding the fart,thatabe dar
kies OF q South Carolina District re-elec.
ted the carpet. .baggtr, NnITrrMoEr Who
resigned to prevent expulsion for selling
a cadetship, by majority ofs 8, 900
votes; Congress, on the 2Ist inst fefus
ed him admission. Served him right
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rs-.Wbat did Ackerm;an contribnte

! EFsWhat did Ackerman contribute 2
is the conundrum now puzzling loyal
circles in Washington. 1t is concluded,
as a matter of course, that be must have
been in some gift enterprise ring; for
Grant has not been in the habit of throw
ing his Cabinet appointments away, and
there is nothing in the public or private
position of the one-horse Georgia law
yer to. justify departure from the car
dinal rule of the Administration in his
case. 10.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-28

IEAt sale of books I'M London,
DREw's Essay on Souls" was sold to a
shoemaker, who inquired of the auc-
tioneer if he had "any more books on
shoemaking to SELL"
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EyThe Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company use on an average
$4,000 torpedoes annually on their nu-
merous roads. These explosives are
called "fog signals" and arc use@ in
heavy weather, when the signal lights
on the towers can not be seen from the
engine. They are intended to prevent
accidents, and have done very good SER
vice in that respect since their introduc-
ton, To make them thoroughly effect
ive.three are placed on the track short
distance apart, SO that if one should fail
to make report two would remain to
perform that service. The explosion OF
a torpedo under the wheels of an engine
is warning of impending danger, and
the engineer always stops the train in
obedience 10 ito
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w On the evening Of the 16th,near
Woodstock, Illinois, Mrs. Peter Welt
eel, in the absence of her husband while
her son, aged eighteen years, was sit
ting at the table, eating his supper, seiz-
ed an ak and dealt him several blows on
the head, breaking. in his, skull and
rendering him insensible. She then sciz,
cd a razor, rushed upon her little daugh-
ter, aged eight years, who was asleep on
a lounge, and cut her throat in shock
ing manner. The daughter managed to
escape, reached neighbor's and gave
the alarm. When the neighbors rushed
in Mrs. Weitzel was found in her bed
room, with her windpipe nearly severed.
The recovery of any of the three is
doubtful.
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nzTbe bioh nrot cct;ve tar;ft an 4

EEThe high protective tariff on the
four articles of pig iron, hides, salt and
paper. yields the government a revenue
of not less than four millions, while it
puts into the pockets of the home man
ufac.urers Of the same articles over fif-
ty seven million dollars, paid them by
the consumers of the same.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-28

EgWhcn man like the Rev. DIR.
Bellows rebukes a man like Henry Ward
Beccher for doubting the Christianity of
Charles Dickens, we must expect such
ridiculous things as this
Ward Beecher doubted Dickens creed,
But never thought minute, 49,,
That his own heart had greater need
OF true religion in it. ,s.s4a /.
4 And 50, as one who never sinsd,
He walked among his fellows,
Till proved to be bag of wind, r.a a,f
h When ..blown up" BY a Bellows. "a.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-28
RELIGIOUS ITEMS,

During the past year, forty thousand
persons were aided to the communion
of the Southern Baptist Church.
All the Congregational Churches in
the Southern Association of Illinois, are
low supplied with regular preaching.
Rev. G NJ. Pierce of the Methodist
Church has rented Il hall for half year,
and begun his missionary wtth III Salt
Lake City.
Bishop Davis, of the South Carolina
Diocese of the Episcopal Church, is To-
tally blind, and performs the services of
the church from memory.
The raising of three million dollars
as memorial fund, as proposed in the
Congregational Church, will require an
advance of ten dollars from each meM-
| her.
The First Evangelical Lutheran
=! Church, of Portland, Oregon, has Just
been dedicated. Rev. G.. I. Stelling :rav-
eled thirty five hundred miles to preach
the sermon.
1t is estimated that eight h,indred
young men in Baptist colleges in this
country are studying for the ministry;
two hundred and forty of whom are in
theological institutions.
The Reformed Presbyterian Church
in this country numbers so congrrga-
tons, 81 ministers, $3.50 families, aud
S,s04 communicants, showing gain
during the year of 200 members.
There are five hundred and twenty
ministers of the German Reformed
Church in this country, of whom one
hundred and eighty preach in German,
and two hundred and twenty five iu Eng
lish.
The Methodist bishops are united in
the opinion that loan fundof one mill
ion. dollars is the least amount that will
enable the church to do her full work oil
/ church extension in the West.
Bishop Strossmeyer caused great OK
citement in the Ecumenical Council by
proposing that the entire concurrence
Of the Bpiscopate be necessary for q
definition of an article of faith.
! The Episcopal Church of the United
States has now only three ordained miss
ionaries in all China. A few years ago
int had a large working force at Shanghai
with the late Bishop Boon at their head
The ratio Of representation in the
General Assembly, of the Presbyterian
Church is to be one minister and one
elder for every forty ministers, instead
of one of each class from every Pres
bytery containing twenty ministers OF
less, according to the former rule.
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NWiIl some of our Radical cotem-
porsries be good enough to-tell US what
kind OF commentary the re election of
wurrrEnoRE Is upon the capabilities and
worthiness of the Negro voters?
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Hf The Savannah Republican says
that the Florida Legislature adjourned
after carrying out the will Of the gov
ernor and his ring. One million addi-
tional bonds were authorized, and it now
remains to be seen whether anybody will
be silly enough to buy them. Asa faith
ful public journalist, we warn the tinan-
cial men of the country against them
They will not be worth the paper on
which they will be printed, for they are
issued against the wishes of the people
of Florida, and they are resolved not to
pay them or any part thereof.
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4 EFThe Hon. j. G. Hammond has
presentedan organ to the Congregational
Chareh at Sheffield, Conn Atits dedi.
ication the following verse was sung by
q full congregation: aiId -
praise be- 10 Him who lives above, .91
He shows his kindness and his love;
Z Uses mankind his word to preach; ga
Reached forth his hand, touched J. G. H Z,
Caused him to give, in willing mood,
1 An organ to the friends of God ~ e
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{ EEA penitentiary is building in Mon
tana, SO says an exchange. For ASH
LEY's benefit We presume,
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kEGcn. WADE iI.snProS paid eight
cen thousand dollars for steam piow
one day last week.
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Correspondence of the Boston Times.
MOrrissey's Saratoga Club House.


A few years ago John Morrissey came
up from New York and opened a small
place on side street of no great fame
and no great repute Then he had a
good sized brick building and made his
Club famous in all the land He has
now just completed house TO be devo-
ted to his peculiar calling, that has no
superior this side of Crockfords. The
house will be opened next week 1t is
far the most gorgeous house for play on
the Continent The main floor is divi-
ded into three rooms, two of which are
devoted to play, and onefor dining. The
fitting up Of the rooms is simply mag
nifcicnt The floors are covered with
scarlet and white velvet tapestry. The
furniture, sideboards, cormces, mantels
and mirror frames are French cheval,
inlaid with gold. The curtains are silk
and damask. The monogram, 81 M.," !"
flames out on all sides. Over, the mas
sive mirrors are carved tigers heads,
with mouths wide open to devour, an
emblem of the tiger persons will fight
within the walls. The chandeliers are
gold gilt, and the brackets are burnish-
ed in the same style. On the saloon
floor there are 125 lights, and 275 in all
the house. Private staircases lead to
rooms aloft, t,and these rooms, on the two
stories above the parlors, are gorgeous
ly fitted up for guests. The lower floor
is for kitchen, wine cellar, laundry, and
for domestic uses. The club house cost
100000 A lot near is owned by a
church. The parish would not sell, but
the ground is rented to Morrissey fol
ten years at 81 900 a year, to give
room and light for the clubhouse. The
most stylish turn out in Saratoga to-day
is Mr.. Morrissey's-an elegant coupe
gold, gilt harness, after the manner o.
Mr.. Weed, drawn by two fine Arab style
steeds, one white the other coal black
Men are here in humble lodgings VIII,
drove their fine span when Morrissey
was keeping small house on a bacl
[street. Such is life at Saratoga.
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Troops Organizing In North Car
i E1t,4s Ollna,

RALEIGH, June. 22.-Kirk, of TeLnes-
see, formerly in the service of that State
under the administration Of. Gov Brown
low, has been commissioned Colonel of
the second regiment Of State troops, with
his headquarters at Asllville. He has
issued circular calling for one thousand
recruits. se @ s9sr a.h m S
Accounts of the cotton crop in Geor-
gia are unfavorablc. There has been
too much rain, and the weather is yet
unsettled.
{. AWashington dispatch says the ques
ton of change of grade in our Mis-
sicn to England has not lecn entertained
by the Government.
Three children, the oldest aged four
years, were killed in Brooklyn on the
2lstby the caving in of an embankment
near which they were at play.
= The last company of United States
troops in Virginia, except the regular
garrison Of Fortress Monroe, left Rich
mond, the 22d inst, for Fort McHenry.
Benjamin f. Rutlcr is one of the trus-
tees. Of the $4,000, 600 reunion fund pro-
posed to be raised BY the Presbyterians
for religious purposes. 1t. is not the
Congressman.
President Grants excuse for not know
ing more about foreign relations is that
it takes up too much of his time to at
tend to his home relations. Too true
". Y. Star.
Wendell Phillips calls the present
Cabinet ethe weakest the nation has ever
seen"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-28

EESenator ALLEN G. THURMAN is
looming up as Presidential candidate
in 1872. -.
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1The public funded debt Of Ohio
10 Ma IS 1870, is slA,eos .o2I so
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rd.If our e,xpositions Of Mr.,sMoonE,s )

Ell our expositions Of MrlMooRE's
votes ip Congress had any influence in
de,erniaing him to refuse to be a candi-
date again, we apologize to illc Democ-,
rscy Of the district; for thcreis certainly
not smother Radical in the district WHO
could have been 50 easily defeated. (. 81
But we give now distinct notice to the
Radicals that if they nominate any pro,
tective.tariff candidate be win never go
TO Congress. Tickiins the peoples ears
with the Negro question while picking
their pockets. with the tariff.is,atolu use
the slang Of the period, ,completely played
'out. Ht si s5iis3 sisiRl
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IFrnm the Rosinn Post l
Life Insurance for President
Grant--A Man who Ought 10 be
in the Cabinet.

Provision for his family is the duty
of every man, and President Grant is
not to be found remiss in his daty while
his official position enables him TO per-
form it SO satisfactorily and easy. He
is now in easy circumstances for all his
life, made so by gifts from patriotic
gentlemen who have found their reward
iii Cabinet offices and other positions for
themselves dnd their relations. He has
sold one gift house at round profit and
got anothct, besidu5 L lot Of land in
New Jersey on Which he dosh't set a
large price. But this docs not prevent
one Of his Secretaries sending a brother
in-law over the country, with letter of
introduction, asking subscriptions for
the purpose of buying the President a
paid-up life insurance policy of $4,000
This will cost $4,000 cash, and it is
the purpose of the brother-in-law Of the
Secretary to get the amount out of Of
fcc-holders and aspirants. to Office
When the policy is obtained, it is sup
posed that the President will be satisfied
having secured his own comfort during
hfe; and a tolerable portion for his fam
lily after death. 1t would have been bet
ter to have had the movement originate
somewhat fufther from home, but unless
the canvasser came from official quarters
the office-holders might not be so ap-
proachatle. Still it is rather severe, es-
npciallv unon those in Now York who
have such large campaign taxes to pay,
that they should be given their choice
of subscription or dismissal, and all for
a policy which Grant is amply able TO
carry for himself if he is really anxious
about the future of his family.
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gg-In passing the stupid and mean
in pgless resolution offered by Mr. Bng-
ham as substitute for the Foreign COM
mittee's resolutions on the Cuban ques.
ton, the Radical majority in the House
of Representatives upheld the Admins
tration at the sacrifice of their party
For thoagh they may flatter themselves
with the idea that the people at large
take no particular interest in the Cuban
question, we shall be disappointed if the
elections in October and November next
do not indicate how wofully mistaken
they have been. Every Democratic Con
vention has taken ground in favor Of
recognizing Cuban belligerency, and the
people at large, by an overwhelming
majority, advocate the adoption of de
cisire measures with Spain. And when
q Radical President and Congress dc.
liberately ignores the popular will, it re-
quires no prescience to tell what the ne.
suit will be,--Ohio Statesman. sA.
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The Necessity of a Greater CirCu-
lating Medium.

There is a strikin.. eloquence in fig
ures that is not found so forc1ble in any
ofthe most brilliant metaphors Of speech
They were admirably employed lately
by Geo w Morgan, in a speech delIy-
cred upon Tue National Banking Bill in
the House of Representatives, In 1860
the circulating medium was S457, ,000,-
000 We had then 30,000,000 people,
and paid 10 Federal and ocaltaxes $3.50
100000 a year, In 1869 the circulating
medium wis $3.50, 100000, and tile tax
es, Federal and local,wc $500, 900 600.
The population was 40,O00,0O0. 1t thus
appears that, while in 1860 we had three
dollars of circulating mcliun for every
dollar that we were called upon to pay
in taxes, now, if itshould be collected
at once, all the currency in the United
States would not suffice for the tax gtth-
erer. Is it any wonder that. there is a
paralysis upon trade? that times are
hard that money is difficult TO be pro-
cured that labor is y,tisliing aud un.
remuuerative? Yet still the process of
contraction goes on. 1t increases the
price o' the. bonds,and adds to the prof
its Of the National Bankers They, un-
der this Administration, are the ruling
class Of the country. The farmer, the
mechanic, the 1aborer aud tue bond pay
er have no influence with the majority
at Washing ngton. Gin Eaq 's
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A Southwestern paper thus epitomizcs
Lynch law: /" Four Kentuckians, in jailtl
for numbering neighbor, had a surprise
party from a hundred or two citizens, the
other night They hadn't any last words
ready, andv wouldn't have had ttimet0
say them if they had All leave Jfanis'
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