The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-02-16

Tue German armies are 10 make a
triumphal entry into the City of Paris
on Sunday next.
. THE Supreme Court has decided the
1s law extending the terms of County
Auditors to be constitutional.
2 sss'sas A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at JEFF
ferson, Texas, on the 9th inst, which
destroyed property valued at 100000
PETITIONS are in circulation among
the women of Clevland praying the
tzs41s Governor 20 Immediately release DIR.
Galentine.
asEa5s sTHE last Radical swindle," which
-.as we read so much about, has not come
- off yet.
-sssza - ScHENcK has not gone to england,
-ysSs.i land is not going at present, the nego-
''s+s'i tiations for the settlement of the Ala
s,,ee bama claims, and the fishery question
sl.4sisfff are to be transferred to Washington,
-iao and are to be passed upon by joint
commission of the two countries.
90 ss,f..aT The result of the recent elections
gss for members of the constituent assem-
lfsi91ea bly, in fifty-fonr departmentsin France
is 307 BoDapartists and Orleanists and
- IS only so Republicans.
nT5as Sir RICHARD STEELE must have had
our present rulers in view when he
~ penned the following:
= yisF5s "That we are governed by a set of
sisas4 drivellers, whose folly takes away all
- dignity from distress, and makes even
-, -. calamity ridiculous"
The Radicals base their only hopes
$40 sas of success in the coming Connecticut
4sae election in the fact that, by the laws
ez,., ofrotation Jewell should be elected,
- lf as English has been elected twice and
III s. Jewell only once.
2saa The Fremont Messenger, the Allen
County Democrat, the Putnum Coun-
Il st5fl ty Sentinel, and quite number of
zD b0a9 other papers in the States, advo-
-soa7n eating the nomination of Hon. George
4 III. Pendleton, as the next Democratic
4ed f.i candidate for Governor of Ohio.
sise e asGENERAL GRANT has fine judg-
ment," says Washington letter, :. in
: .sIss the taking care of his live stock
-asu7 bIow docs it happen, then, that he
fHeRoa keeps his horses in the stable and the
s.'.. saa ss5 asses in the cabinet?
gswssHa The negro population of Virginia
saiz and West Virginia, free colored and
- .ss slave, in 1860, numbered 340,Sl5, while
- in 1870 they only number 3I4,8S5,
aysd = showing falling off of 36,030. gl
I l1se THE Legislature has made provision
for an additional Common Pleas Judge
brs IN for the second subdivision of the !
ri 2au Fourth Judicial District, comprising
as2 the counties of Lorain, Medina and
Summit. The election to fill the Of
fas,srs flee will be on the first Monday of
sSl5 Is April.
~ s'is1 THE last slap at Grant that we have
read was that of. the Radical State |
Convention of New Hampshire, which
5's declared in the resolutions adopted, |
q that they are in favor of applying
the Jeffersonian test of honesty and
= ~ capacity to the choice and appoint |
Inent of all officers in the civil SER
1ice.
nj a1 The Ohio House of representatives, |
30 1871 on the Both ult., had under considera- |
sls9o ton a bill to establish fixed compen-
Vio efl sation for members of the Legislature |
regardless of the length ofthe sessions. |
Various sums were proposed-some |
1aAsis 1svoring five hundred dollars, others
<, and some seven. After much dis
,5s ss;s. ussioD the bill was indefinitely post
isev 5p5ned by vote of yeas, 54, nays 80.
siIis 35san EVERY State in the Union is now
-ne9 represented in Congress, and every
nlse seat in the Senate is filled, save one
nj if from Georgia, which has "a chair va
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i1guo4d, "A " " AsHINGToN correspondent says
aaft .5etf;no tbroneh cona ,ast
iil6 sao q haiftcentury old claim for Interest
-, i E on money expended during the war
E dsrz Of lSI2, has stirred up the lawyers in
1900 5ousn ~ osaol!aa sss MI Iaklng over over
-ls Q VI ad AZ 80, IL tbae, - l,r ,t'
10 sii8 Inas INA SCUM Carollna mas q claim upon
no3 81 Inc qoVernmenl just as gooa as tnat
-3ifigfio9oaI Massachnsel1s, and hepresentatlve
sv8d e1 Y atlace mas 1htfodpced Dill Tor IT'S |
.1ift ojn paymeni. 10 doupt otner states VIII
~ 10. soon IoHoW SUIT r flIty:i and more