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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31
Robbery By wholesale.


The robberies contemplated and
committed by the Federal Govern
ment would eensign any individual
or any agency to the penitentlary,
Every great robbery that can be in
vented dy the lobby thieves is atonce
taken up and endorsed by Congress
and the Administration, and generally
succeeds. The only explanation OF
the apathy and submissiveness of the
people, in view Of these repeated pee
nlations, is that the losses are divided
among SO nysPeoPle that no-one
individual feels the full weight of the
thievery. Whatis.everybody's bus
mess is nobody's business and they
laugh at frauds, who never know that
they suffer loss. A gigantic seven
million swindle like that of the pur-
chase of Walrussia, is laughed at as a
joke the thievery connected with the
Pacific Railroad is regarded as tri-
fling eccentr;eity; Sberman's funding
bill, although it is palpably a. whole
sale robbery of the people, is looked
npon as a good thing for the Sherman
and Jay Cooke families. Anything
that has the glitter of "big thing
about it reconciles the people to i'm
position, and governmental sconndrel-
ism has become one of the, fine arts.
The people. are despoiled through
their financial agents; whole States
are oppressed by the action of bogus
represe sentatives; the public domain
is openly stolen by felonious corpora
| tions; treaties are violated for the
amQsement of some military butcher
like Sheridan, who adds to his execra-
Bile reputation the crime of slaughter
ing in cold blood, and with all the
concomitants of assassination, four
score of wretched Indian women and
children. AT the same time our sail
ors in distant seas are run down and
sunk with their shipsdby Finsolent and
brutal foreigners; our fellow citizens
are shot like mad dogs in Cuba; the
honor of our flag is everywhere in
suited, while the hard-earned renown
ola great peopleis sacrificed, without
protest, tothe scaudalous cupidity OF
the Executive department and the
brazen5 corruption of an Abolition
caucus of thieves These facts are too
notorious to be disputed, and they
are here recited only for the purpose
of introducing an incident in the gem
eral mash of ." national'' demoraliza-
ton. A proposition is now pending
in Congress, with every prospect of
success, to isubsidize the & Mediter-
raneanand 4 Oriental Steam Navigation
Company" with a bribe of nearly all
theunappropriated lands under con-
troll of the administrations The thin
covering for this gigantic robbery is
the pretense 9of encouraging em1gra-
tion, and the Company is to have for
ty acres ofland, exempt from taxation,
for every foreigner imported. This
is simply a land-grabbing Congress
ional grand larceny, and must be
looked upon as such by the people.
The amount of stock taken by Con-
gressional thieves can be measured by
their activity in securing the passage
of this steamship iswindl u Crisis.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

THE trouble with Radical recon-
struction is that it will not Stick
The moment the people are let out
from under the government of bayo-
nets they commence voting down the
Radical party, and then the work has
all to be done over again. a5lss ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

GEN. BoFNToN, of Ohio, says that
after q careful Examination he has
come to- the conclusion that it would
take as many Gen. Grants to make
one Gen. Jackson as it would blue
hiessto make an elephant q eiltii f
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

m EssRs. STEVENSON and Winaus
two Radical Representatives from
Ohio, have recently made strong
speeches in Congress against the OPP
pressiye tariff. There don't seem to
be perfect unity of sentiment in the
Radical household upon the doctrine
of protection. r --z-=..s-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31
Death Of Gen. Thomas.

A dispatch from San Francisco dat
ed the 28th inst, announces the sud
den death of Major General George
II. Thomas, commanding the depart
ment of the Pacific, at eight o'clock.
p. M, of that day, of apoplexy.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

A dispatch from Baltimore dated
the 9th inst, says: There was a se-
we're wind and rain storm last hight
and this morning, and twenty build
ings were blown down or partially
demolished. Several houses were un-
rooted. Ten large trees in Druid field
park were torn up by the roots. The
sloop Carolina was sunk in the back
basin, .r.f.,-ty
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31
RAVENNA MARKET.
MARKETS.

li MS! CLEVELAND, March 2s 1870
u Flour-Market quiet and steady. We quote
red held Mt $5,00952 25. tc 'iF1 IT
g., Wheat-No. BED Winter held at 81 10; No. .
do, held at 81, ,0391 .04. q 5H -@'
Corn-New at f9c. 5t..-.- p ..fs.s lfg i.
Oats-Held al 49c.
Pork-Quiet but steady; No. 1 Mess S26 so !;
Long Clear, at 2S SOC $3.50. =
Lard-Gity rendered held at 1556c in tierces;
country do, 14@15c f--.
Butter-Held at sO@sac for choice western
Reserve roll and tub. , -.,-,Es t.-.,.s- E.fI
CheeselfIeld at 171k@1s,Sc and 16al65kc for
Factory and Dairy in large lots. = SO = .-3
Frps-Snles at 256l 26c
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31
NEW YORK. March %. 1870

-r------ D II--I NEW ORk, MARCH q, 1StU.
Flour Market without decided change, very
firm for sound low grades. $5,1596 10 for white
wheat extra; $4559600 for round hoop Ohio. q
Wheat Market quiet and unchanged. 81 ,02
for No spring; % for winter red and
amber western. .7t. l..
-oats-Quiet and steady; nominally at 56c for
western. State CSC. ~
Rye-Dull and nominal. .itsf. itzrf -fts-s
Pork-Steady at 500 go.
Lard-Steady at 14sSc. " 45UD 4E i!R i-f-5
Butter-Steady at 14@26c for Ohio ..-,.
I Cheese-Heavy at 14@15izo. Hasifi-1 -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31
u 77--7y I1tF1l

MANY are congratulating them
selves upon the decline in gold. 1t is
difficult to discover what advantage
has accrued to laboring, producing
people. 20 There has been no per-
eeptible reduction in the cost ofHying
in consequence. .slito sf1 aall i8iHo9f
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

THE Radicals in New Hampshire
elected their candidate for Governor
by a majority of about l,2O0.1 Mr..
Grants majority in New Hampshire
7,641 Difference in time fifteen
mocths. H s'f dt Gffoi 5.--fli
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

The election for the ratification of
the new Constitution of Tennessee
took place on Saturday. The returns
30 far indicate that the new Constitp-
,tiop has been ratified by a very large
majority. eH''' - a.;tsrg,r
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

H T.. 4
MORE TRUTH THAN PoETBY.-The
following appeared in a recent num-
ber of the Ohio State Journal, rad
ical paper, published at Columbus
There is great deal of truth in it:
An honest old darkey, whose ex-
pectations of getting forty-acre
plantation and domestic jackass, fol
voting the Radical ticket, were en-
tirely sincere, now goes back on his
friends in this wise; "Dem carpet
baggetin' scalagg fellers, da tell us dan
was provisions in the constitution fel
we collad folks, but dat was a lie
dem provisions didn't come for God
massa, anti seen de fust meu'ful."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

BURNED TO DEATH.-A small tene-
ment house orr Humboldt Street.
Cleveland, was destroyed by fire at
about two o'clock. on Friday morn
ing last! 9 The house was occupied by
a Mr.. Baehr, his wife and three chill.
dfen. Mrs. BaehF and q little, boy
about four years old were, burned to
death. Mr. B9wasl SO badly burned
that he has since died. Wof1oYo qn
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

MAPLE SUGAR is on sale now in our
groceries at two cakes for 5 cents
apiece, .4t 4ral f.s34sga. .sfftf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

EGAL NoTICE.--Alenzo II. wolfrom,
IL late Of Ravenna, whose present residence
Michigan, will take notice that Amelia a, Woli
from, did on the Goth day of February, "A. D.,
1Sz0 ile her petition in the Office of tile Clerk Of
the Courtof COMMON Pleas, Within and for the
connty of Portage and State of Ohio, charging
the said Alonzo Il NN olfrom, with having viii
fully abandoned her without good cause, and re-
ftising to provide snpArt for npttioncr, and ask
ing that she may he decrced reasonable hlimo-
NY, and that deiendants real estate situate in
petition, be appropriated to pay the same, which,
petition will be for hearing ut The next term Of
said Conrt. AMELIA A. WO4FROM.f 8
BY w. B. THOMAS, her Attorney.
Dated this cd day of March, 1870. T9.6w.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

IA NTEDICAIoApfpJ .. II. sEenhox' SPECIFICS
Nl cure all forms of priyate diseases and
weaknesses. in male Oh female, from whatever
cause theY;naay'arisely SEND 81 and two shree
cent stamps (forpostagel and the medicine will
be sent, secure from observation to any address
by mail or express, Be particular. to rglYe NIX
mute deserip tinnsI Of synllnolnsi Samples WIN
sS SS sent ss 8 soass & rsn
issSESe,s5S esE; A5iSfSeSS 81, Hgty ! ox'S0os ssSsis
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

T o. -
!" MYSTERIOUS DIsAPPEARANcE.-On
Saturday, March 18th, a man named
John Eehefherger came to this city to
receive his pension money which
amounted to 96 dollars. He was paid
and left for his home in Niles, where
he purchased q pair Of shoes of John
fBotzum. He had alsoin his possession
a magazine for which he had .snb-
scribed. He has not been seen since,
though boat has been found in the
canal near Yellow Greek bottom side
up and the shoes and magazine were
found floating in the water. He came
from Pennsylvania about a year and a
half ago and has been at work on the
farm Of 4. ]. Mix, porth of Niles. He
was in the army and lost the use OF
one of his arms by a, bullet shot.
Search is being made for his body
and it may be discovered that he met
with foul play.-Akron Times. nd.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

The country since. the close Of the
wal, has paid, off over $S00OO0,OO0 of
the pnblic debt. In his speech ON the
funding bill the other day. Senator
Sherman y is reported as saying /:
Since the close of the war the Gov
ernment has reduced the debt $685.
100000, and has paid SG00O0O,O00 of
unliquidated debt due at the close. of
the war, but not then ascertained OF
computed. This has been paid out of
surplus revenue. .'--Radical Exchange.
Now, inasmnoh as it is not claimed
that during the administration of
Grant more than SS7.134,782 81 has
been paid, it follows that in less than
four years, under Andrew johnson,
whom the Radicals lose no opportuni-
ty to ideneunce in the most unmeas-
uredterms, overlS7OO, 900, 900 was 1iq-
Undated L And if the revenue has
been more faithfully collected under
the present administration than under
that ofoA. j., theBetmusthave been an
immense amount of plundefing done
to have got rid of the money. Sod 5A
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

TAE leading Republican newspaper
of the country occasionally adminis-
ters doses of common sense to its
readers and, we may hope, not alto
getherr without good effect. It. says:
+.a g Gen. Breckenridge, the other day,
expressed in simple Auglo-Saxon the
opinion of all honest an sensible mem
bers of the late rebel army concerning
the thieves and assassins who, under
the name of the Ku.Klux Khan, still
disturb certain portions of the South.
If the President should find it neces-
sary to use troops for the suppression
of these outlaws, we predict that he
will receive no heartier support from
any quarter, than from men like
Breckenridge, who fought US openly,
and have now honorably accepted the
situation"
win some of the little creatures
whom God, for some inscrutable pur-
pose, permits to edit the majority OF
Republican newspapers"-we quote
from Horace Greely-cudgel their
brains until they can comprehend the
full meaning of the above statement
1t is fat condemnation of the re-
construction infamy and all of its
works. 1t is an assertion that the
policy that has loaded the leaders o1
rebellion, and the best and most intel.
hgent men of the South, with political
disabilities, while elevating negroes
and carpet-buggers to power, is crue
and criminal. 3
1t was infamous in its conception
Infamous in its purposes, and infamous
in the agencies it provided for its owl
execution. Such being its character
the elevation of vice and ignorance
over intelligence and honesty became
a necessity.-Chicago Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31
A TLANTIc MILLS,

n Having discontinued our Store we shall here
after deliver our Flour and Feed from the Mill.
We have made arrangements with Brainard a
Son to receive orders. Al orders left at their
Drug Store will be promptly filed. Our price
list may be found there -,
March IA, 1870. ss-te -. -,-r.lf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

many of the leaders and prom
inent men of thy Radical party, not
only here, but all over the country,
are the same persons who before the
war; denounced the Union as ga league
with hell" and the Constitution as " a
covenant with the devil, !" and who got
up petitions to Congress and the State
Legislatures asking for the dissolution
of the Union. These bright and shin
ing lights Of Radicalism used to think
that the States had perfect right to
pullify the acts of Congress, and set
atrdefiance the authority of the Fed
eral Government, Yet they claim to
be the only loyal Union men In the
land, and that they had nothing to do
in. the dissemination ofthose doctrines
which resulted In the late rebellion. Ii
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

=
The acknowledged leader of the
Radical party. in this county of Maho-
ming, was, in 1861, an open and avow-
ed sympathizer with the rebellion.
he carried a Palmetto flag through
the streets of Youngstown, and, at
the. time Of The firing on sumpter, used
substantially, this language HThat
he was Cd id glad of 1.-THE
wished they (the Rebels) had blown
the Fort to h-ll.p He has since
washed his hands. in the cleansing
pool Of Radicalism, and become a high
priest in that church. ofsuch is
81 loyalty chiefly composed. K0ungs-
toapB Vtn9tcGtoT, r..-,,.-f .,.,,l ....o5
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

The New York EUentng Post gives.
statistical table of the fluctuations
in the value of greenbacks since 1851
from which we abstract the Follow
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31
The Ku-Kiuz Klan-whatit it was, why or.

The ku-k1ux Alan-Wh0tft 1t was, why Of-
ganized, and Why Disbanded. ,geIfa
+ A word about the Ku-Klux. There
is no such order now in existence
Those who claim to representa- are
simply bandits The genuine Ku-
Klnx never existed outside of fTennes-
see, and existed there only to limi-
ted extent and for brief period
The Government had Withdrawn it's
protection from the people. Brown
low had organized troop of rowing
militia, composed chiefly of negroes,
and officered by conyicts whom he had
pardoned ont of the State PRISON. for
the purpose. Women and children
were being murdered every day and
night in cold blood. No home was
secure. No life was safe. The courts
were closed against the people. The
few laws that were allowed to remain
on the statute-books were denied
them. The middle portion of the
State was in completes anarchy, and
self-protection was the only security
within reach of citizens. The Ku-
Klux Klan was purely defensive or
ganization. Itnumbered the Oldest,
best and most peaceable men. Its
spirit was judicial, its acts were or
derly, and its purpose was selfspreser-
Yation.t Through its brief but benign
influence order was restored, legal re-
dress was granted, the official robbers
and assassins dispersed, and society
settled into its normal state. Then
the KueKlux Klan vanished as mystic
riously and noiselessly as it had ap-
peared, and we pray God it may new
er again become indispensable to the
peace of any neighborhoed in any
part of the Union.-LouiSvilge CoWSs
Ser-,T T0uTadl. @45odA ns255ll.g7si l.1t %
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

TfF.sTStz 50 & ENE VI 5a
a7 7L.trt Z i-IfC1 5ZJ5 q
80 =aE -7siH'
rfe 10EE p EttaAEAL
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

!. squeezing them +?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31

! on account of i'll
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-07-26

Coup DE SOLEIL.-The singular
and diverse effects of sunstroke upon
the human system are illustrated in
the cases of two victims of this terri.
BILE visitation, who were struck down
in the streets of New York last Mon
day and conveyed to the hospital
We quote from the Worlds report:
"One man who was brought ina
strong, healthy looking German
breathed from the moment he was
placed on the bed like the bellows of
blacksmith's forge. The power
of the mans lungs was tremendous,
his muscles large and well knit, his
complexion indicative of good and
wholesome living. He looked like a
kind Of man it would be hard to kill.
Yet he never opened his eyes till the
moment before they closed forever.
All the doctors could do was of no
avail. He was a puzzle to them. II
he had shown any symptoms of sink.
ing, like ordinary cases, they could
have formed theory or diagnosis in
the matter; but he kept up his high
pressure, locomotive-ike force to the
last, and exploded rather than died
out Of existence. 1t was simple i'm
possibility to determine where his
point of vitality was located, and il
what manner it had been touched Dy
the fatal solar ray.
A stalwart young Englishman, by
way of contrast, went through series
Of fits that were agonizing to lool
upon. He frothed and foamed anC
struggled and bounded and barkeC
and shrieked until general doub
was felt as to whether it was not by
drophobia instead of sunstroke from
which he was suffering. In his par
oxysms it took six able-bodied mel
to hold him, one of whom-the al
tending physician-was Hercule
in himself; and, after all, it was foun(
absolutely necessary to tie him down
He, too, was unconscious, yet nothini
administered to him would stay Ion,
enough upon his stomach to produc
any salutary effects. At s o'clock b
was comatose and not expected to liv
till midnight"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-07-26
INFLUENCE OF THE WHITES ON THE
DrtrEFEIIOWSD

INFLUENCE OF THE WHITES ON THE
BLACKFELLoWs."
In Van Dieman's Land the natives were
all but exterminated in an unequal war
fare, and then when reduced to a handful,
shut up in a corner of the island. Africa
and our own land have witnessed like
atrocities. The superior civilization of
our Anglo Saxon is hardly skin deep
When g the lion lies down with the lamb"
and retired army officers, like King Nebu-
chadiezzar go to grass, we may suppose
that he millennium has come. Convicts
and some squatters have been accustomed
to shod down the blacks at sight. They
retaliat. by spearing the cattle, or cutting
off trareler by treachery. Explorers and
naturaliss engaged in collecting botanical
specimen use them as guides and scouts.
They trea them kindly but keep them in
fear as they seem incapable of love. At
the police establishments they keep black
crackers whom they put on the trail of
bush ranges, and employ like bloodhounds
to follow VI the scent of fugitives. They
far surpass the Indians in sagacity of this
kind and teir instinct and senses are so
educated as to show invincible acuteness.
Cases might be adduced, which, had they
not been fully verified would appear fabu-
lous.
Very little has been done either by the
government or private philanthrophy Tor
! their conversion to christianity or general
improvement. Some few have gone to
school and even been grounded in the clas-
sizes, who relapsed into their former savage
habits. A good story IS told of learned
traveller who inquired of an aboriginal,
which ofseveral roads to take, and receiv-
ed the rply, witty as appropriate, " Ella
media, UjG tuta''-the middle is the safe
way. AMI discovered that his classical
informanthad been an old school fellow in
grammar school, Rev. Mr.. c -, an
editor of tie Sidney Empire" is prepar-
ing, | belieTe, a gammar and vocabulary
of their language, Rev. Mr. ThredkeId, a
retired missiOnaF of the London Society,
labored sometime amongst them, but was
quite discouraged. There were no CONVEX
slOns. They seemed devoid of reverence,
wOrships and tie religious faculty. The
highest idea they had of the Supreme Be-
ing, was what tIey expressed by the name
they gave EjmOf the Great White Eel
low | ar glad to see that the Moravi-
ans, who MAKE it rule to begin with the
most degrade classes and races, and who
christianizel the Greenlanders, have now
missionary tations among them, which
are sustaina by the Presbyterians. As
might have been expected, the labOrs of
| these devOal men are not without fruits &;
and they at encouraged by some cases of
| conversions