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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-21
The eAppOrtiOnment OF the House
of Representatives.

The United States Senate have, in
their consideration of the Apportiou-
ment Bill, increased the number OF men,
hers of the House of Representatives to
800. This is 81 more than the number
at the present time II is fve times as
many as we had in the early days of the
Government. There were only about
go members in the first Congresses which
assembled after the adoption of the
Constitution. Even as late as $500 there
did not exceed Ito members of the
House. The popular Assemblies in the
Legislatures of the largest States do
not exceed 130. Ohio has a little over
100, Pennsylvania 100, and New York
12S. What is the necessity of the ia
crease? The pay and mileage of a
member Is in the neighborhoud OF S6,-
600 a year. On the 81 extra members
this would necessitate an increase of eX-
penditures of S342,000 year. What
consideration do we receive for this p
Is not the number of members at pres
ent enough? Will an addition render
it more easy for the transaction of >bu-
siness? Will it subserve any public
benefit whatever? it is said that if the
400 is fxed as the basis no State will
lose In the number of its Representa-
tives. Is that sufficient excuse for the
measure? Are we to go on increasing
the number of members because certain
States would otherwise fall behind in the
career of progress, and the fact be at
tested by the diminished number of its
Congressional votes? 1t really seems
to be an effort on the part of some
States to hide their decline from public
observation, and to apparently show
that, if the West has gained, the East
has not lost in population and the po-
litical power that is based upon it.
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Woodsfield High School.


TNHE next session Of this school win oonn-
i mence Monday. July Is, 1870, and con-@s
tlnue eleven weeks. While our invitation Is
to all who desire an education, yet We special
ly solicit the attendance Of young ladies and
gentlemen wishing to qualify themselves fof
teaching, or who may desire knowlsdseof
the higher branches OF Mathematics, Sciences
or Languages,
EXPENSES:
We take pleasure in announcing that 4ha
proprietor of the briggs House ofers TO fufs
nish cur students with suitable rooms and
board them at So per week. There are pril
vate boarding houses here at which students
can be we'll accommodated.
TUITION. Il
Common branches es...................6 %
Higher Branches. "
Languages each, extra. ......... ! 90
For further information, address,
T. A. GROVE.
je14td. E3 J. GRAHAM.
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.yelp 9Sbsrtssnltats,
NROE UTUA
Fire Insurance Company:
AUDITOR OF srArE's orrIcs,

AUDITOR OF STATES UFFICB, ]
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,
CoLuMBUs, JANUARY 20, 1870.
II is hereby certified, that the Monroe Mutual
Fire Insurance Company. located q Woods.:
field. in the State of Ohio, has complied, I'd
all respects..wi;h the laws Of this State rela-
ting to Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, for
the current year, AMI has fled in this ofice
sworn statement, by the proper enicsry
thereof showing its condition ani business,
at the date Of such statement, (December
81, 1862 to be as follows:
Aggregate amount Of available as
sets, including the sum of $l65.
073 90, in premium nstes held viii
by the Company on policies is !,
SUED .$lf5,535 ~
Aggregate amount of Liabilities,
(sxcept capital,) including rein
surance. 6,yl4 ~
amount Of Income for the precs-
ding year in cash ........... 1880 81
Amount of Income for the preee-
oeding year in premium notes Fs
liable to assessment S4,249 05. "a
Amount of expenditures for the
preceding year in cash. ........ 2t,475 09
In witness Whereof have here,
unto subscribed my name, and caus-
[sEAL.] ed the seal of my Office to be afRx ID;
the day and year above written.
JAMES II. GOODMAN,
Auditor Of State.
By JAMES WILLIAMS, Chisf Clerk.
je21w2.
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Legal Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given thatthe last win and
IN testament of Daniel Gaits, late Of Mon
roe county, Ohio, deceased, together. with ths
record Thereof, was destroyed by fire on the 1eth
day of June, 1867, and that . duly certified
copy thereof was admitted to record in the Pro:
bate Court of said county on the 18th day Of
June, 1870, and recorded therein.
w. 7. SINCLAIR,
je2tw3. Probate judge.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-21

Oa,c STATE FalR--The 2Ist annual
Ohio State Fair will be held at Spring
fed, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, the 18th, 18th.
14th, 18th and 18th days of September.
The premium list amounts to S25,00o,
Al premium Of $1,000 is offered for the
best i've acres of wheat.
For information address JOHN IT.
KLIPPART, Secretary, Columbus Ohio.
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wBARNUM has on exhibition in San
Francisco dwarf twelve years old
twenty-five inches high, weighing only
fifteen pounds. His father weighs 25(
pounds and his mother 165 pounds.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-21

HThe famous base ball players, the
Red Stockings, Of Cincinnati, met their
first defeat at the hands OF the. .Atlantics,
Of Brooklyn, N. Y !, on the 1tth inst
The clubs played eleven innings, the
score standing AtIantics 8; Red Stock
jnqs 4. This is the first defeat for them
IN ono hunsrcd and ten games played.
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PICNIC At IENBTILLE.

rCHE subscriber informs the public that q
GRAND BALL AND PICNIC
will be given at the Grove, one fourth mile
North Of Lewisville, on the 4th day Of July.
lGEO. KASTNRR,
jel4wA, Manager q Proprietor.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-21

STATE BOARD OF EQuALIzArIoN.-Tht
Cambridge Jefersoaian suggests :ha
the Democracy of this Senatorial: Dis
trict. Guernsey. Monroe and Noble, e,sap.
port WIN. VAN METER, of Noble County
for Member of the State Board of Equal
ization. Mr.. Van METER is well quail
fed for the position, and believing tina,
that part Of Noble belonging to thi,
Senatorial. District is justly entitled to
the member, the Democracy of Monro,
will give him their support.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-21

The King of Saxony, in this 10th
year, has begun to Study the Russian
and Polish languages with the purpose
of translating some of the best poetry
of those tongues into German. King
John is the author of the best transla-
ton of Dante ever made into any Ian
guage, with the possible exception OF
Longfellow's. 1t is especially valuable
for its learned and exhaustive notes-in
German of course. His Majesty uses
the nom de plume of Philalethes.
Speculations have been rife, says tine
New York Post, as to whether Mr. Dick
ems has left in the Mystery of Edwin
brood an incomplete fragment or d fin
ished work. We understand that the
real state of the case is not known by
the American publishers, but that they
wait advices from England. The am
preston in literary circles is that Mr.
Dickens latest story was nearly if not
entirely completed before his sudden
death.
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the Radical Crusade Against the
EOrelgMcrs.

The Radicals in Congress have COM
menced q crusade against the foreign
born population tsesst Premises to be as
bitter as Was that inaugdrated ny t4eAenn
under the party nane ef Know Nothing
The bill offered fn Congress nFotoset st
forbid applications Of foreigners to be
naturalized in tile State Courts, restrict
ing it to the United States Courts, except
in counties and parishes where these
Courts are not held, and then it Is to be
done in the highest State Court Each
application is to he fled twenty days in
Court. No naturalized citizen can vote
until six months time has elapsed from
the period of his naturalization. There
are seventeen sections in the bill, all de-
signed to throw obstacles in the way OF
naturalization.
Mr.. EpRlDsE, Democrat, of Wiscon.
sim dealt tue bill some heavy blows in
his remarks.
There was not a provision in il
friendly or inviting to the foreigner. 1t
was disingenious and isostiae tc the alien,
and unfricndly to his naturalization
After criticising the various provisions
of the bill, he went on to say that the
cry of fraud was pretext merely. The
bill was inspired by hate and hostility to
the irish sasd Gerinans and to the Cath
olic population. Its mainssing WAS
partisan malignity, religious bigotry and
intolerance. Every line and letter Of
It ,scexs&e6 the internal spirit of Know
NotAsngisrn and the convent and church
burning Of native Americanism. Its
spirit and temper were in hostility to one
of the most important National interests
1t vas an anfriendly Glow struck at Eu
ropesn emigration, and cskelstvd, if ao1
|iHtendca, to hSmaer and retard il"
The bill was laid on the table by Q
vote OF I02 to 62. Of these latter who
were friendly to 1t erwy ore was a Re
publican In the 10e there were Vi
Democrats and SO Republicans. There
fore, il the measure had been left to the
Republicans alone, it would have passed
The only thing which temporarily secur.
ed its defeat was the statem,nt of Re,
publicans that its passage would be the
destructien of their party in the Pacific
States.
The bill afterward passed the House in
an emasculated form, not containing the
most odicas provisions of the Grst
draft. Blu. let no one be deceived by
this. The original measure, for which
the majority of the Republicans voted,is
bound to be put through if that party
continues its ascendency in National pol
itics. Only the thorough triumph of the
Democrats in the Congressional elec.
tons this fall will dispose of it.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-21

We place at our editorial head, this
week, the ticket nominated by the De-
mpcracy of Monroe, at the Convention
held ON the ilth inst. The gentlemen
nominated are sound Democrats and de-
serve tue support of every voter in the
party.
MICHAEL HOEFFLER,
OF Center, the nominee for Auditor, du-
ring the period he occupied that office,
satisfied members Of both parties that he
was 1.-THE right man In the right place" :"
His selection this year by majority Of
32t over the next competitor is q high
compliment to the man aud official.
DAVID OKEY,
or Washington, the nominee fur Clerk
of the Court Of Common Flcas, is a
young lawyer of undoubted ability ;
and his qualifications for the position of
Clerk eminently fit him for the discharge
of the duties of that office.
WILLIAM WORKMAN,
or Sunsbury, the nonieee for Cosnmis,
sioner, for his second term, is one of the
best men Monroe County has ever had
in that position. His course, during the
past three years, received proud in.
dorsemcnS from the Democracy loa the
1lth inst.
DANIEL O'CONNOR,
or Center, renominated for Eccccder, fol
the tenth term, making twenty years,
can sea yeu more about deeds, tees and
mortgages thsa any other man in the
county Of Monroe. He has conducted
the affairs of his Office to the entire sat
isfacticn of both parties in the county.
JACOB c. YOHO,
Uf Center, the nominee for Infirmary
Director, is a farmer possessed Of the
abilities TO 1T him fer the position.
The ticket is good one. Let us elect
it by from 1000 to $500 majority.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-21
STEALING In WASHINGTON.
Raids on Government Lands and
GreeRbacks.

twenty Thousand Dollars I'm
GreenbaCks stolen from the
Treasury Observation-Disclosures
oil acres Of Public Lands Captur-
ed by Corporations and Con-
SfcSSmeM.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-21
A Glance at HOme- Questions Star.
ing Us In the Face.

Let us now look at home. Each yeaI
the annual interest on the Federal debt
is about one hundred and thirty-one
million dollars in gold. Per day it is
$35S,630; per hour it is S14,942; and
during the eight hours of sleep, when,
after the labor of the day is done, and
the man of toll abandons his plow in
the furrow, or leaves his hammer or his
plane in the workshops and seeks eight
hours repose in sleep, that he may gam
sufficient strength to recommence on
the morrow his labor, to gain sufficient
money to support his family and pay
the taxes of the bondholder; and when
the morning comes, and the toiler arises
with the sun, he is astounded to learn
that while he was asleep the interest on
the debt worked on, and that during
those eight hours loss and rest to him,
that cancer interest of the debt was
gnawing on at the vltals of the people
and that during those eight hours oi
sleep the interest of the debt had in
creased S1J9 1886; and that in each min.
ute as the day drags along it will con.
tinue to increase S249 i'll gold!
Now, apply the principle of which
spoke to the public debt, with interest
at the rate of seven per cent. per annum
payable half yearly, it being estimated
now at $4,000, 100000. In ten years
and one mouth it will consume OF
amuunt to s4,sOO,OOO,OOO; in twenty
years and two months to $4,000, 600,
900; in thirty years and three months
to SIS, 9,200,0 200, 900; in forty years and
four months to S3s,40O, 900, 900; and
in fifty years and five months to S76,.
500, ,000, 900, or not only more than three
times the value of all the real and per
sonal property in the United States al
this time, but more than the value oi
all the real and personal property in tho
United States in fifty years from the
present time, at the present rate of in
crease.
These are the questions that stare us
in the face; these are the issues whicl
we are obliged to confront. And l cart
not how small the number of men may
be who have the courage to make them
if these issues are put boldly and hon
estly and squarely to the people, SO tha
they can understand the impending
doom which threatens them, they viii
rally to their support, and our free in
stitutions will be saved GEO. w. Nor
GAN.
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CON n ECTICUT,
NEW YORK.
OREGON.

The RAIDS have been .skuukcd SO far,
not having carried single State. Look
out for Ohio, boys, this fall. The Dem;
ocrats will carry 1t easily.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-06-21

EEThe Radicals in this Congress
sional District, 18th, have any number
of aspirants to MoonE's seat in Congress.
f. B. PosD is announced from Morgan
County; c. ii. GRosvESoR and N. II.
VAN voRIs, Athens County; v. B. HoR
TON, Meigs, and others. Monroe never
had candidate, and we presume never
will receive nomination as the district
is now constituted.
H GRANT visited SIxoN CAMERON
last week for the purpose Of trout fish,
ing. The papers say he was drunk every
day Of his absence. Let ns have peace.
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Oregon.

AT the election held in Oregon last
week the Democracy elected their entire
State ticket and secured both branches
of the Legislature, which gives the Dem
ocrats United States Senator in the
place of WILLIAMS. whose term expires
in 1871. The column stands this year
CONNECTICUT,
ts X, NEW YORK. a
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sion lie said he would let us have little
liberty to-day.
Mr.. BANKS went on to say that there
were other passages which he noticed
in the Presidents message which had a
familiar ring to his ear, and which he
had also foupd in the Spanish Minister 5
instructions to the Committee on For
eIgn Affairs through the Secretary of
State. 1t was said the Cubans had no
town nor no city, and, therefore, no
rights. Where did doctrine or author
ity like that come from? It has been
said aforetime, that God made the'coun-
try, and men made the towns. The Gu.
bans had country, and could defend it,
and if eft to themselves could govern
It in peace, prosperity and happiness
The information given by the President
tllat the Cubans had not ten thousand
stand of arms; two years after the Dec
laration of American Independence, the
American grand army did not number
more than ten or twelve thousand men,
who prudently enough declined gen.
eral engagement, and that an army which
was obliged, at all times and in all situ:;
ations, to decline an engagement might
delay their ruin, but could never defend
their country. 'But," said Burke, COM
menting on the last sentence, lit did it !;
it did it deyilish WELL" Laughter. And
what sucn an army did for the United
States it will do for Cuba, and nothing
else will do it. Mr.. Banks referred to
the Presidents allusion to the use of
Cuban bonds, and his intimation that
their bonds we're expected to influence
Congress. He did not believe any such
attempt had been made, but he knew of
efforts of another kind that had been
made, and the country had been flooded
with rumors that tue purity and irltegri-
ty Of the House of Representatives had
been perverted and destroyed, until at
last it came from the President that it
was a matter for Congress to look into
and see that it did not affect the judg-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-02-07
no HOUSEKEEPERS.

The Elastic Sponge Ha''re"
Z, ,h, heal,hisst, cleanest most elastic aHFao's'
aud bet Bed in the world
Tis Elastic Sp0Hge P'IoE'
ArsH-N,. .of, sweet, and free from an unhealthy
.rddi-agrecab.e odor as most feathers have
Tks E'as.ic Spoays Cs.A'SH'
For Cty-cb. Carriage or Chair, l. far superior 70
even hes, clrled hair which Is never ioundlns such
sr,irl... alvavs retaining the tu,.nes, yer! com
tortsble aud much cheaper than good ualr'
TIE Eia.'jc Sponge IN tT"'i'rs
r.--ch better than hair az IL l. always free from
rrrtb.. and all insect lie and so permsnegiu',f
i,s-i- - to keep the covers constantly tull' '"us
,55i,y zr,stlv u the beauty OF the furniture
IA. Elastic Sponge G'0i'
,.,lipg raridlv. and everybody likes them; M
Sspd for Pamphlets, giving full particulars "'''
price lis, OF goods
LSosl Agents WaH'sa-
A,Ags7t wanted IN every Town IN the Stats' %
whom Will be given the exclusive mvTS sais ~ 'He''
s'o0'' General Agent,
a4i<S. Howard St, Baltimore.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-02-07

reappcared with ssv,rL certificates af Oask
and railroad shares, smeunlirg to eiaht hs"'
drcd dollars, and hask-book ir which trs
balance was depssi:st; T. hG credit.
"Are you quite sure yca hsvat hsis 'es-
scy." demanded Charles, Ia sInarcmen'.-
Surely dime day b" not produced this
"No; tu, two dimes aasy have. with a
little extra depasi, nov asa then. Ishius'
Charles, VIC shall te able e wanl on s'a'va'
ton for time.
"All this I owe 10 your prudenoc,' SAL
Charles, gratefully. How can lrepay you 2
Charles Lyaford rcmained CUT OF employ
man, for some months. bat. 10 the spring, as
10 anticipated business revived. aud be was
once more in reccip. of his old income More
than two-,hirtls Of the fund was still ieft, ard
henecfrth Charles was no less ass'dnous
than his wife in striving to increase u.
The little tin saving bank SIN STANDS on
the nantel piece, and never fails 10 reesiss
deposit daily Home Circls
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-02-07
THE HILLS OF THE MORNING,
BIZ A. 4. EoPTISs.

O YOU stand on the Hills of the Morn to-day
On its beautiful hills you stand,
And your life-courses under the ciouoo
That envelop the valley land.
Far away, fsr away as the eve can reacni
Do the mists of the lOwlands rise,
Seeming only the breath Of praiseful speeen
That the earth sends up to the skies
How the sun shmmers over the sea oil mist
With the softest Of silver sheen!
How the whole into beauty most rare 10 1issed
That was ever by mortal seen
You are close unto heaven on the HIS OF morn,
You are near to its shining stars;
II were easy | think, when the day IS born
To step in through the open barsl
Down N. Hills Of the Morning you'll wander soon,
When have vanished the cloud banks gray,
And above YOU when cometh the bot high noon
Then will heaven be far away; ,
For the further we go from the morn oil outh
The fewer the angels near,
A,d tbc further we stray from our COP and irnti
Till the evening at length appear!
O tho loulands Of life you will find less bright
Than they seem from the Mornings Hills,
For the mist that is glowing with giad'nins nSn'
Is A cloud that our being ehllI'
And whenever il lifts as it will, at iensth,
You will find that the way IS sore, =,
And pray that the Helper NAV give you strenS Il
Till the wesrisome day Is Ger
Far awav Ger the lowlands Of life ahesd
Do the Hills of the Evening rise,
And A. finally upward their slope. you tread
You'il be nearing the western skies
Won will mount 10 the summit with form down oen'
For the roof Of the world hangs low;
Through the gate OF the West with asweete eonten
/ You will silently, gladly gol
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-02-07
VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
TERMS.

Ns-fAs FHEr Pass Is puslishsd weekly a; TSo
DOJlars asd Fifiy Csais per snnSH IN sdVone'.
EETHREE DOLLARS n not paid in advance.
~ One Dollar and Fiffy Cents for 'i< -'oS'A'
jsas- The terms Of advertising are, for asquAre,
Tone inch or less, Oss Dollar and Fyty Cents for
three iasertions--largSr ones in the same PFepoF-
tion Each continuance fry Css,'.
tzs-No advertisement to be considered ey the
uonth or year unless specified on the Manuscript,
or previously agreed upon between the parties.
RE-Au advertisement not marked on the copy
spcsiaed number Of inasrtions will be continued
uatl -dcrcd out. and payment eVacted accordingly
Es-REeULAR ADvEnrisExENrs.-To avoid any
~ understanding on the part Of the Annual Adver-
d. Sc is proper 20 state di'fisey that their pri-
W e, oulv extends 20 their immediate business-
2 al Estate, Legal and an other advertisements sent
~ tss-a 20 be an additional charge, and no varia-
tiau.
- 95i,usrv Notices Of more tAaA fvsliDss viii
- -Ns-gedfur
BOB WORK--pos;c-s Sale Bills, Circulars.
"a Is, &c, executed promptly, neatly, and At fair
p-i~-s.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-02-07
Red Men.

Tie festival of theI o r. NJ In this p.aes
on MONDAY last, tsays the Clarke courfsrl IN
Guiding dinner and supper, wasa"tis thing
the streets wers enlivened by the brsss band
from Winchester, aud, Notwithstanding the IN
clemeucy Of the weather, there was an unusua!
attendance Of ladies as well as eentlemsn--
a torchIisht procession enlivened the town :"
night. A handsome cup W" votei oy tho
ladies' to Grand sachsrn James Riley, and ono
also to J. Rice Smith, Esq On The reception
Of the cup, Mr. Riley made handsome aud
appropriate address Several handsome eakes
were voted Of amidst much rnerriment to the
ms, popular married and unmarried lady
No one will be surprised that the recipients
were Mrs. Gordon, wife Of Capt 6. n. Cor
don and Miss Cora Shepherd both Of this
place. $500 were realized on Monday.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-02-07

LARGE SALrs 1T is stated, but on doubtful
authority, that the average daily sales In the
different departments Of A. 7. s,ewart's New
York store are: Silks $3.50 dress goods So
900 muslin. go 600 laces 81 900, shawls S2.-
500. suits 81 900 calcoes 81 800, veive's s2.-
900 gloves 1000. furs 81 600, hosiery 5000,
bows clothing 500, Yankee notions $500,
qmbroiierie. 81 900, carpet So 800. The to-
tai average daily receipts Of the entire e'iab-
li.bmen, are $50 1000. and have been known
TO reach S87 900 TIE establishment employs
2.2OO clerks and assistants; aud 1000 eusto-
H. ers frequently visit the store in one day.