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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-01-21

A FIRST Class PrFF.-"John Paul."
AS Mr.. Webb is known to the leaders of
the Springfield Republican, has become
the dramatic critic OF wilkes Spirit.
Here is one OF his first productions;
The Double Headed Girl is the latest
novelty. She's brick, though we'd not
like TO marry into the family The color
is not SO much an objection as the quality.
She eats and talks " ith both mouths, and
to supply the one or put stop to the
other would puzzle the best proyider.
Think how She'd open on one in Caudle!
1t makes our hair curl to think OF it /!
Shed be good company for herself, and
could never complain that You leti her
alone. You cOuld set one head 10 watch
the other, and bribe il 10 tell you II she
winke ut any other man. Her pecu-
liar style of architecture seems 10 have
been specially intended for lunchIng at
railway stations; she could be putting a
ham sandwich into the starboard locker
and hosting in coffee on her port side.
At egular dinner she could 20 down
the bill of fare two courses at once. In
deed there j. no end to an enumeration OF
the advantages which such young lady
possesses over The ordinary run OF the sex,
and we do not care to discourage her by
even hntng at the drawbacks to her use
fulness. That she is an ornament to so.
cicty nobody can deny.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-01-21

THE Local PAPER.-The New York
Tribune has the following just remarks
in relation TO local newspapers which
ought to be read by n good many people:
Nothing is more common than to hear
people talk of what they pay for adVer-
tising &C., as so much given to charity.
Newspapers by enhancing the value of
the property in The neighborhood, and
giving the localities in which they are pub
lisbed a reputation abroad, benefit all such,
particularly if they are merchant or real
estate owners, thrice the amount yearly
Of the meagre sum they pay for their
support. Besides, every public spirited
citizen has laudable pride in having
paper of which he is not ashamed, even
though he should pick it upin New York
or Washington.
A good looking, thriving sheet helps
property, gives character to locality anu
is in many respects desirable pubhe con-
yenience. If from any cause the matter
in the local or editorial column should not
be to your standard, do not cast 1t aside
and pronounce it good for nothing until
satisfied there has been no more labor
bestowed upon it than is paid for, If you
want good readable sheet it must not oe
supported in spirit of charity either but
because YOU feel 4 necessity to support II.
The local is the power that moves inc
people,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-01-21
4 Talk sDith Temperance Men in
the Hest.
M REV. THEo. l.. CUYLER.

The able and candid discussion Of tht
temperance question in the columns ol
the ADVANCE make il the best mediun
through which 10 reach my temperance
brethren in the West. Nearly every day
brings me letters on this great question
from some of the most true. hearted friend,
Of Christ and of humanity in Illinois ant
the adjoining States.
Some of these letters quite amusingly
press upon me the claims Of Prohibition
Good friends, have made too many
speeches with Neal Dow before legisla-
lures and synods, etc, in behalf of pro.
hibitory legislation. for you to give me
any new views on that topic. There is
but one logical and Christian method Of
dealing with grog-shops, and that is-tc
suppress them. A dram seller is q drunk
ard-makcr aud soul-destroyer, and to
license man 10 turn men into brutes,
and souls into hell is both ontrary to
Scripture and to sound rcpublcansm
In theory. am n radical prohibtionist,
But the practical questions of the hour
are-how shall we make the public senti'
ment that will make thorough laws against
the dram? How shall We enforce the
laws when we get theme How shall we
arouse a Christian conscience in the com.
munity against both selling andpartaking
OF all alcoholic stimulants?
On these points have reached-after
twenty-five years of "pegging away" al
them-,he following conclusion. A gen
uine prohibi,ory law is hard to get and
hard TO keep. If it actually shuts up the
tipping houses, then the trinity ofavarice,
appetite, and fashion are arrayed againsi
it with venomous vchemence. If il is S
dead letter, then the law is hardly wortl
the paper it is printed on. And law for
suppressing the liquor-traffic always will
be dead letter in every community
where there is not powerful and active
public sentiment against rum-selling.
Such suppression" of grog-selling as
Boston has seen for the last three months
is enough to make the Devil laugi.
There are probably towns in Illinois. too,
in which a prohibitory law would te
trampled into the mire.
What then? Shall all attemptsto close
the rum-dens by statute be abandoned?
No! But let the law be so framed TINT
every city or township which votes to prD.
tect itself from the rum.den shall be 20
, protected. And let those towns whith
vote to legalize the tippling-houscs, hate
it, until the miseries il brings have opened
the eyes and changed the sentiments Of
that community. Voting is trust; and
they who exercise it, must take the cob
sequences. The citizens of Augusta, in
Hancock Co., Illinois, voted last year to
have no liquor sold as a beverage within
their borders. Accordingly, when | visit
ed Augusta last summer, i found no dram
shop in that thrifty village. But the citi
zens of that town never wouldhave voted
as they did if they had not been convinced
by argument, that rum-selling was a
crime and rum-drinking afolly. The
moment that Augusta gives up moral
suasion and relaxes her efforts to keep
her public sentiment sound, she will have
the rum-traffic back upon her and her
young men will be reeling in the streets.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-01-21

There is nothing that helps man IN
his conduct throu Ii life more than a
knowledge of his own characteristic
weaknesses, which guarded against, be-
come his strength. as there is nothing
that tends more to the success OF a mans
talents than his knowing the limits OF his
faculties, which are thus concentrated on
some practical object. One man can DC
but one thing well. Universal pretensions
end in nothing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-01-21
pottrp
For the oxford Democrat
BURIAL OF FRIENDSHIP.
BY 4 s, WATSON.

Gather each tender momeuto, and token,
Joys-o so precious-yet gather them all;
Let each be flower, sdorning lis coffin, leah.
Those sweet odors vanished, long since, past re-
Bring pure mantle, Of charity woven,
Fold it with son hands OF tender regret,
Fly not the task, though dear tie is riyen,
sharp are the duties affection begets
Look not again even now thou hast striyen life.
Too long, with fond lingering 20 bring back its
While cold grew its fonn, and strange looks were
given
To mock the deep pain, and thy lone spirits
strife.
Perchauce twas thy sun, thy life days bright
glory,
Perchauce twas thy star, beaming less bat alone
OF all the bright rays that had besmed sweetly Ger
thee,
The last, fondly ohsTjshed-no matter-'tis gone.
Its ashes are sacred, let anger nor malice part.
Nor hatred draw near, their false balms TO i'm
Let the unuttered PRAYER, the lone tear be thy
solsce.
while meath withered flowers it rests deep in thy
heart.
Columbia, y. IL, Dec. 1853.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-01-21

ABANpoSED.-A moral debating society
out West, is engaged in discussion on
the following question "lf man desert
his wife, which is the most abandoned,
the man or the woman?"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02

THAT old spoon-eyed individual. Gener-
al Benz. F. Butler. of Massachusetts,, made
a speech in the House. last week, in reply
to Mr.. Dawes, of Massachusetts,, defending
Grant and his Administration from the
charges of extravaganza and corruption.
Butler and Grant were bitter enemies after
Grants report in 1864 showing BIS incapa-
city as general and saying he had been
bottled up at Bermuda Hundred. Dawes
demolished Butler in an able rejoinder.
He cOnclusiyely. shows that the promises
made before Grants election, of economy
and reform, are all forgotten, and corrup-
ton and extrayaganee predOminate. We
see that Grants personal expenses at the
White House are even much larger than
Lincoln's were. lr c.-. s-.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02
THE aCOLORED,, SENATOR.

Our Democratic friends are intensely |
Mortified at the idea of "big nigger" be- |
ing selected to succeed jeff Davis as a
member of the United States Senate, from
the reconstructed State Of Mississippi |
Their prejudice against color is so strong
and their adherence Of treason is so weak,
that they would prefer TO have the un-
hanged and unrepentant traitor returned
to his old seat, rather than it should be
occupied by a member OF the desplsed race,
however intelligent, talented, loyal and
patriotic he might be. The Hon. n. R.
Revels, Just elected L. S. Senator in Miss
issippi, is light mulatto, six feet high,
and weighs over two hundred pounds. He
is well educated and very gentlemanly in
his manners; but of course there Will be q
turning up of Democratic noses, and an
effort to prevent his entrance into the
Senate Chamber 1t will be Of no avail.
however. He will be admitted to a seat,
and not only in the National Capitol, and
at the ballot-box, but upon our public
thoroughfares and in all places Of public
worship and Of public amusement, what
ever may continue TO be private action,
all properly behaved colored citizens are
to have the same general rights and privi-
leges that are accorded to all well-behaved
white citizens, and the sooner both copper
head Democrats and over sensitive Repub-
hcans accept the situation" the better for
themselves and the country.-AkToH Bed-
con.
So there are some "over sensitive" Re
pubieans, are there? It must have been
those sensible Republicans, who with
the Democrats in Ohio, made $1,000
majority sgainst the not sensitive
alias. blaek Negro sufrage) Republicans,
in 1867.
And REvELs Will be admitted, will
he7 "a eolored gemman" from one Of
those states was not admitted about a
year ago, even when he had the papers.
Some excuse was found to keep him out
and collection had to be taken up to en-
able him to leave Washington. There is
vast deal OF treachery and deceit abroad
in this land This "colored" Beacon, that
shines and glistens so at Akron, ought to
know this.
And tho "colored' gemman is to be ad-
mitted likewise, ''in public thoroughfares
and in all places of public worship and
i pttOtlC ONtttScNtcIA &C. 1nlS IS the OTQer
from the radical miscegenation leaders.
Mark this, you "over sensitive" RepubG-
cans. How do you like IT'D This is what
you have been voting for When you
"over sensitive, or white Republicans,
voted for ]. A. AMBLEE for Congress, for
B. F. PoTrs for the Senate of Ohio, and
BOWMAN and JOHNSON for the House Of
Assembly, this is what you voted for.
You fondly hoped it was not true-you
refused to see and accept the transparent
facts. You sinned against light and
knowledge. And now you are taunted
with being cover sensitive" You deserve
the taunt. for, like green goslings, you
voted with Democrats against engrafting
Negro Equality. andvoted mot "over sen
Gtive" AMBLERs, PoTTsEs, BowMAns and
JoHNsoEs &c. in Office. Ifthese men think a
allnow, they ought to begin to study and re-
solve to try to carry out their sentiments
honestly through the ballot-box, like true
freemen.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02
aAHUMRUG.o -

Old Virginia is putting in "aH appear
ance" at Washington Two gentlemen
were sworn in last week as Senators and
several IN the lower House. Among the lat
ter is one PORTER from the Richmond dis
trict elected by negro votes. This PORTER
was convicted of "disloyalty" by one of But
ler's Military commissions, during the wal
and while that old pimp of propriety ruled
there under Lincoln Porter is '1oyaP'
now and vouched for and eagerly received
by the radical members. 1t seems he was
tried for uttering the following sentiment
at tavern in Norfolk
This Government was Cd id
humbug. from beginning to end; that
Abraham Lincoln was doing every thing
he could for his own election, and that
this was a rotten, bogus. corrupt Govern
ment, from beginning to end"
For this gentle expression, General But
Ter had him sentenced to six months i'm
prisonment, with ball and chain around
his leg. but it appears that it was after
ward RENTED.
The radicals. Of course. readily voted for
his admission, although Democratic mem
bers were not slow 10 remind them that
they have repeatedly refused to admit
Democrats who were elected, on charges
much less grave. in fact mere charges.
What a consistent thing is this dsspotic
rule Of the radicals !
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02
rhe Ohio LsgIslature

Reassembled on Tuesday of last week, IN
the afternoon. The President and Presi-
dent pro tenn both being absent. Hon. Pc
ter Odlin of Montgomery county, was
unanimously chosen to preside.
During last week several petitions were
daily presented from various parts of the
State-soms to legalize the dissection OF
human bodies-to legalize ten per cent
to exempt building associations Of taxa
ton, and many of local character.
Mr.. Hibbs, on Tuesday in the Senate,
offered joint resolution for the purchase,
from Mrs Samuel Medary, of 800 copies
of the Ohio Constitutional Debates at So
each-referred to finance committee
In the House on Tuesday afternoon sew
eral messages were received from the SEN
ate, also from the Governor, the annual
report of the Gas Commissioner, Thirty
one House bills and two Senate bills were
read the second time and referred to COM
mittees.
On the 26thlin the Senate, Mr.. Potts,
from Judiciary committee, reported ad-
verse to commission to revise and codl-
fly the statutes at this time.
In the House a memorial was received
from the convention of the Building Asso-
Citations of the State, numbering $50, ask
ing relief from unequal taxation. The
memorial was signed by D. A. Dangler,
President and II. H. Earl, Secretary
The committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions made reports, favorable and adverse,
on the case of Blakeslee, added member
of the House from Williams county.
The bill in the Senate to raise the sala-
ry of the Supreme Judges to $4,000 per
annum, failed.
On Friday, in the Senate, the sensation
was the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02
SRERFFR SALE


Abraham Reed ct ux VS.. Julia Monaghan ct al.
pf virtue of an order to sell issued from the
u court of common pleas of Stark county Ohio
and TO me directed, will offer for sale at public
out cry at the door of the court house in the city
of Canton, on
Saturday, the l2Lh dag Of February, 1870.
the following described real estate situate in Stark
county, Ohio, to witt Being part of the Southeast
quarter of section number 20, township humber
II, range 6, bounded and described as follows
Commencing on the northern boundary of said
southeast quarter at the northwest corner of
lands now owned by Lucinda Young: thence west
along the northern boundary of said southeast
quarter to the western boundary OF the same:
thence south with the western boundary, 90 rods
to post; thence east 24 rods; thence north par
allel with said western boundary 33I rods; thence
east and parallel with said northern boundary to
thence north with said eastern boundary To the
south corner Of said Lucinda Young's land; thence
with SAID Young western line northwardly to the
place OF beginning to contain IS acres of land
Sale to commence at one O'Clock p NJ. Terms
cash. r A DITNRAP
lauI2W5 Sheriff o Stark aounfy ohio
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02
..Thn Woman or the I.ohhr.. ;,

A correspondent of the World, in giving
a lengthy description of the operations Of
the Washington female bil-pushers
and offce-getters. says:
Among the lobby women here last win
ter was the daughter of present United
States Senator, whose father years ago re-
fused to let her marry the man Of her
choice. She eloped with him he deceiv-
ed her by mock marriage, he having
two other wives, so called living he took
all her Jewels, and even most Of her cloth
ing, and abandoned her She went to the
bad headlong, refused all overtures to re-
turn home, and the father and daughter
used to pass one another in the Capital a
year ago-she q wanton and he Sena-
tor-and never speak Nor did she ever
betray the event to any one He called
her dead she consented to be dead even
| to him.
Another Senator's wife, who is an in
valid, cannot. be unaware, for no one else
is, that her husband has stocked no less
| than six of his mistresses on the civil ser
vice as clerks, and that he adds TO the
number every session. 1t will be interest
ing to note how he votes on Mr., Cragin' 8
anti-Mormon bill.
| Another Senator, southwest carpet
bagger, foisted his mistress on the Treas
| ury Department last year, and was in
fuentiaI enough to have her salary
continued while he senther on to New
York to undergo an abortion. She died
The Senator himself drew the arrears o.
pay ostensibly for the mother of the mur-
dered woman, who has yet to see the first
cent of it.
Another honorable, at this time, of The
House, was driven out of leading hote
SIX years ago for notorious conduct with {
married woman, and that with the consent
Of her husband The husband is now
clerk of that Congressman's committee
his wife is the Congressman's mistress
and her son is a page on the floor of the
House, and waits upon his mutual father!
every day.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02

The Negro Senator from Mississippi has
arrived at Washington, and is the guest
of wealthy colored brother there resid-
ing The question now is. viii Mr.. Hiram
R. Revels be admitted to seat in the SEN
ate? The Constitution of the United
States declares that 'no person shall be q
Senator who shall not have been nine years
citizen of the United States" Besides
some dozen years ago. the Supreme Court
of the United States decided that Negroes
were not citizens within the meaning Of
the Constitution. If the date of Negro
citizenship then shall be held to date from
the ratification of the fourteenth amend
ment they will have to wait few years
We viii see what position the radical Sen
ate win take in the case 1t is supposed
Mr.. Revels viii present his credentials this
week -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02
In seems probable that Congress will

IT seems probable that Congress will
soon authorize an increase of currency to
the amount of $4,000, 900, with a view to
the welfare of the West and South. New
England, with one-tenth the population, is
said to have one-third Of the currency, or
banking facilities of the nation, an injus-
tice TO other portions of the country which
cannot be long maintalned.-SalemJ Jour
naL (Rad)
Yes, New England, with one-tenth the
population has been monopolizing at least
one-third of the many other things as well
as the curreacy. People out west are be-
ginning to understand it. 1t is time we
were all getting our eyes open to this New
England despotism. 1t is purely mon
eyed despotism the most unfeeling and
meanest Of tyrannies. While spouting
freedom-for the Negro, they have been
enslaving the white laboring men of the
country. Their carpet bag gtools, west and
south, are very serviceable to the New
England lords. Our Amblers, Pottses
Bowmans, Johnsons and that ilk are obse-
quious in the service
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02
The New York papers thus generalize
the nnarkets of last week

The New York papers thus generalize
the markets of last week
Money closed last week with an increas-
ed supply of loanable funds, and largely
in excess of the demand Call loans were
negotiated on Saturday at 4 to per cent
on government and 6 per cent. on mixed
collaterals. The government bonds mar
ket was strong and active. Five-twenties
of 1862 were quoted in Wall street at ll6 +;
Frankfort, 97E; London, S74. Gold open
ed at 1911 and closed at 1919 after the
board Stocks were weak, with the ex-
ception OF New York Central and Rock
Island.
In the produce markets, Saturday, the
rain interfered with business. Cotton was
lower and dull. Breadstuffs dull, with
some decline in corn, rye, and barley. Pro-
visions dull, with lard lower. Groceries
inactive at late prices. Resins were firm
er, but other naval stores dull. Oils con-
tinue 10 show upward tendency in inseed
and crude sperm. Petroleum was quiet
Whisky and tallow without essential
change. Freights were very dull, but
rates about steady.
In the live stock market, Saturday, with
no fresh offerings, there was nothing doing
in beef cattle. Sheep were dull and weak.
er, with receipts moderate and forced sale:
of good to choice lots at reduction of 4c
per h., and scarcely any demand for com.
mon. Hogs were shade frmer. Receipt!
were 400 sheep and $50 hogs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02

The National Bank monopoly, was
shown up in the Q. s. Senate, last week,
while Senator Sherman's bill was under
discussion. He and Morton and others
are desirous to equalize the banking facil-
tiles, giving to the west something ike its
share. Why do not those pretended friends
OF. the West, Messrs. Sherman and Morton,
labor to carry out the wishes ofthe people
and endeavor to abolish the National
banks altogether and issue greenbacks
Why not let the government furnish cur
rency and realize the profit instead of Civ
ing this monopoly to wealthy and favor
ed few? Again, why do not those distin-
guished Senators complain ofthe efavoritism
to the East, in the matter of tariff as well
as the circulating medium?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02

sALEAvE. ex-President Of Hsyti. was
shot on the 10th by the successful revolu-
tiOnists. BE has only shared the fate Of
nearly al Haytien leaders, and his dying
moments were probably eonsoled by the
thought that before many months his exc
eutiouers would be shot bysomebody else,
Sslnaye was born in Hayti. and was a
man in the iime Of life. He entered the
army at an early age. and was rapidly pro-
NOTED for distinguished services in the
feld. So long as Salnave was able to pay
for the printing Of his Treasury notes he
held out bravely; but when it took $1,000
in Hagtien currency to buy a gold dollar
he collapsed, Unfortunately. Tor him
the evolutionary leaders supply Of
coffee held out longer than his, and he
fell.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-02
The GOOD TIlnes Promised.

In the proceedings in Congress on We'd
nesday, We find the following: a
''Mr. Paine sent to the Clerks desk and
had read a letter from E. B. Hale, OF
Cleveland, Ohio, protesting against the
burdens oftaxation, and stating that bust
ness there was dead, enterprise paralized
anda strong undercurrent setting in against
the Administration IN the matter of taxes
that the people were being ground tc
powder and that if the future brought an
explosion, it was not to be wondered at D
This Hale is q Cleveland Radical; what
he says Of the business of Cleveland, i
true of the whole country. The facts
stated are sad commentary to the
promises made of good times and plenty
OF money that We're to follow the election
Of Gen. Grant.