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meri.ed Compliment,

The New York World in an editorial
upon the all-night discussion of the San
Domingo resolutions, pays fine tribute
to Senator THURMAN The World is not
given to indiscriminate putting; besides
which, it is we'll understood by the
World that Mr.. THURMAN may be can
didate against its favorite in the next
Democratic National Convention. 1t
says:
"But We think the honors of the op-
position that night must by common
consent be given to Mr.. THURMAN. He
stood peerless in the great debate. tits
clear to see.from the Globe report how
cautious was the tread of administration
Senators when there was danger Of en-
counter with the Senator from Ohio"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10
The Tariff RObs Farmers of their
Best Markets.

The Radical leaders tell US that pro
tective tariff furnishes us a better mar
ket. Why, these very men, by their re
corded votes, in favor of high protec-
tive tariffs, have robbed our farmers OF
all their best markets.
These men tell us that the farmers of
the West do not get remunerative prices
for their wheat because there are too
many persons engaged in agriculture,
and that some should turn TO other pur-
salts. And this they tell us while we
are living under the highest tariff ever
known in any country And get they
sag that high tarif wiH diversity en-
ployment and gee as a market They
haze robbed us Of our property, and aow
insult as By telling as zoe ought to turn to
other employment!
Where is the money with which far
mers can turn to other pursuits? Their
laws have deprived farmers of it, Nav
igation. and ship-buildiDg, and railroad
building, and the mechanic arts, furnish
rs with ten consumers Of agricultural
products where manufactures furnish
one. Commerce builds our large cities,
with millions of consumers, and employs
great multitudes in navigation and ship
building. But these interests the party
in power have crippled or destroyed by
their high tariff.
There are hundreds of thousands of
carpenters, blacksmiths, wagon makers,
coepers and other mechanics and arti-
sans, who arc consumers of agricultural
products; but all these the protectionists
tax, oppress and embarrass by their
high tariff
Give us back the 10000 seamen and
laborers in ship-yards whom you have
turned out of employment; give us back
the thousands that would be employed
in building new railroads but for your
tariff on iron; give us back the hun
dreds of thousands of mechanics and
artisans who you have taxed into pow
erty; giUe as back tie markets of the
world, Of ,chich your high tariff policy
has deprived as; give US back equal and
just laws and freedom from unnecessary
taxation, and the farmers of the West
ask for no bounties and have no fears
that they will not have market for
their productions
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10
Navigation Closed ON the Kama
yvha.

A letter received at this office last
evening from Charleston states that the
Kanawha river is frozen over and navi-
cation between Charleston and Gallo.
polls is suspended. This will be inter-
csting and important news to members
of the Legislature and those having bu-
siness in the Supreme Court of Appeals
or the United States District Court. Our
letter is dated December 26th, and came
by way of Washington City, Wheel
ing Register, 31st ult.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10
From the Washing en- City Daily PATRIOT
Facts AgaInsl Fiction.

In that fanciful portion of the Presi-
dents message which is attributed to the
enthusiastic Imagination of one of the
favored few,whose names figure SO mod
estly upon the reserved lots at Samana,
occurs the following brilliant passage /:
."The acquisition of San Domingo is a
measure of national protection; it is as
serting our just claim to controlling
influence over the great commercial traf-
fic soon to flow from West to East, by
way of the Isthmus of Darien; it is to
furnish new markets for the products of
our farms, shops, and manufactures it
is to make slavery insupportable in Gu
ba and Porto Rico at once, and ultima
tely so in Brazil it is to settle the un-
happy condition of Cuba and end an ex-
terminating conflict; it is to provide
honest means Of paying om honest debts
without overtaxing the people; 1t is to
furnish our citizens with tile necessaries
of everyday life at cheaper rates than
ever before; and it is, in fine, rapid
stride toward that greatness which the
intelligence, industry, and enterprise of
the citizens of the United States entitle
this country to assume among nations" !"
Such absurd exaggeration as this hard
ly needs serious reply. 1t furnishes
its own answer, and casts ridlcule upon
what ought to be serious State paper.
What IS this country, morally. material
ly, and socially. which the President SO
exalts, as if it had not been discovered
nearly four hundred years ago. and been
lying at our doors, rejected and abhor-
red, ever since our existence as civili-
zed country?
Dominica is a fractional part of the
island of Hayti, with a population less
than that of the city of Washington,
and composed of the most revolving
mixture of races, in which the blacks
predominant over the whites as niEe to
one. They are. as degraded as in any
part of Dahomey, with fiercer passions
and more sanguinary character
For one-half a century degradation, and
ruin, and pestilence have marked this
unfortunate country and people, until
they seem abandoned of God and man.
The Caucasian raee cannot live there,
and the African can not thrive, as his
decline proves; for if there ever was an
opportunity to establish hls capacity for
seIf.ruie or advancement in the tropics,
and that too with the example of our
civilization at hand, surely Dominica
furnished it. The deplorahle failure
there is even worse than in jamaica, and
tells the whole story.
As the President has promised to ex
tihguish the national debt, if Baez, Bah
cock, and company are allowed to buy
Dominica at the public expense, we beg
leave to call his attention to the follow
ing figures from the Bureau OF Statistics,
showing the commerce of his pet ..is-
land for the fiscal years last officially
reported
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10
Important Decision. /.

Judge M. NJ. Granger delivered an
opinion from the bench last week, which
may have considerable to do with the
increase of matrimonial alliances in the
future. At least it clears away all doubts
as to the total absolution of the sop-in.
law to maintain the parents of his affi-
anced SO far at least us the legal obliga-
ton is concerned
The suit in which this opinion was
announced, was brought by q father.in-
law against son in law upon contract,
the father alleging that before his tlaugh-
ter married he was living with her in the
West, and that the young man then liv-
ing in this country wrote to him that if
he would come out here and bring his
daughter, that he would marry her, and
the old gentleman should always have a
home with them, and in accordance with
this understanding they moved out and
the young couple were married. The
question came incidentally before the
Court, whether son-in-law, was legally
bound to maintain and support the ia.
ther Of his wife, in the absence of any
specific contract. The Court held that
he was not. That when. young man
married he took no such legal obligation
upon himself. .s
The decision will open the way for all
who may have had Eisgivings upon this
point and definitely determine as well
the greatly asitated question about
"marrying whole family"
Since Judge Granger has given de-
cision upon one side of this question,
we advise him, il he desires to make
himself popular with the young men, to-
hold that a fatherin- lawi is bound to sup
port his son.in law. For such decis-
ion he can find thousands Of precedents,
agreeably to the maxim that ''custom
makes law
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

RET The Daily Bulletin, a commercial
journal published in New York, takes
this view of the Importance of San Do
mingo as an acquisition to this country !:
"Those who imagine that its vegeta-
BILE and animal resources could build mn
a large commerce will find that they have
looked at only one side of the question.
The population is limited, and like all
other inhabitants of the West India Is.
lands, the people refuse to work beyond
what is necessary to supply them with a
pair OF cotton pants and meager meal
of vegetables. The very prodigality of
nature destroys the motive to la6or.''
The above view is the one taken BY
all unprejudiced observers. The pur-
chase would be of no value TO this coun-
try 1t is a job, a speculating scheme
from beginning to end.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

EE-"The dance Of olood,y is the term
made use Of by Senator SUMNER to con
vey the fact that GRANTS efforts to &C
quire San Domingo have already caused
the Imprisonment and death of persons
living there, who opposed the scheme;
and predicts that more innocent blood
will flow before the Administration Sc
cures its foolish ends.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

EgThe Martinsburg New Era says
"The prospect for immigration to. this
country during the year IS highly en-
couraging. Real Estate Agents have
received hundreds Of letters enquiring
for lend and other property, recently
Let them come. We have room and to
spare, and will give all a hearty well
come. - Wheeliag Register. .ts
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

EEThe Radical Governor Of Mis-
souri, has appointed D.. 7. JEwETT, U. S.
Senator to I'll the vacancy, till March 4,
Of DRAKE, resigned. The time being SO
short it was supposed no appointment
would be made, but GRANT wanted a
vote for his San Domingo job, and the
people therefore pay Mr.. JEwErr, $5,-
500 for less than two months service.
Everything connected with that pre-
clous San Domingo affair seems to be
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

The Illinois State Library, at spring
field, has 10000 volumes.
A handsome Masonic Temple is to be
erected at Portland, Oregon. a
Judges of Indiana courts hold "di-,
yorce matinees" occasionally.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

Ez-An impudcut chap suggests that
as The Alabama claims only amount TO
$4,000, ,0O0,if the Radical officials would
only quit stealing foran hour or two.the
government could pay them of withoI
missing the money.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

BE GRANT is directed by, Senator
MoRroN, Of Indiana, in all matters of
Importance That's what we would call
degrading the Office of President.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10
Nc,v Fork Lex,siature.

ALBANY, January 3-The assembly
organized o-day by the reelection of
VIM. Hitchman, of New York. as Spea-
ker. Mr.. Armstrong, clerk at the last
session was also reelected. Both are
Democrats. Organization of the Senate
as it was IN 1870, Lieutenant
Governor Beach presiding. 1t was call
ed to order at eleven o'clock.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10
Foreign Notes.

~ Il IL
Versailles, the present Prussian capi.
tai, is now one of the most strongly for
titled positions in the world. Since the
seat OF government Of Prussia has been
removed to that town it has been trans
formed into afortress.
Letters from Versailles say that King
William has always expressed the great
est horror Of permitting the Partisan
population to starve, and the investment
OF the capital has worn upon him more
than has all the rest of the war.
The Central Prussian Government at
Rheims threatens to impose fines on
towns, or on the friends Of individuals,
in all cases of absence from home or of
sudden departure of citizens subject to
the CONSUMPTION under French law.
A Paris correspondent, writing from
that city on December 4th. says that in
the space Of two months Paris has Gre
ated and completely equipped 100000
men alarms, and that General Trochu
and his colleagues have now the utmost
confidence in them
In a balloon from Paris recently cap.
tured by the Prussians were found sew
erat letters from members of the Pro.
visional Government, all Of which joir-
ed in very signal abuse of Gambetta,
and in fears that his actions would cause
the ruin of France.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10
The Duty on salt.

If there is any duty in the present
most obnoxious tariff, which, more than
any other, is entitled to universal repro
baton, it is that upon salt. 1t is an ar
ticlc Of necessity, that ! is absolutely 10.
dispensable to existence. The extent Of
the imposition upon the people is thus
stated by tie New York Times, which
says:
.sFor example, on one invoice Of 716
tons of salt, costing in. United States
currency SI,G37 so, and imported from
Liverpool, the duty amounted to S3,29l
or, or 200 per cent on cost. In another
instance, on $50 tons costing $1,526 60,
The duty was s3,043 35, or 1873 per cent
In vet another on 270 tons, costing
$685. 55, the duty reached 1926 81, or
200 per cent. The freight on the car
goes averages about 175 per cent of
cost, and that, surely, should be suffi
cient protection for this branch of Amer.
ican industry. If to this item be added
the duty, we have in the cases cited evil
dence that the Onondaga producers arc
protected to the extent of from 374 to
3S4 per bent. of the value of their pro-
ducts"
Can any better instance be afforded of
the corruption of Washington legisla
ton than that small special interest
should be able to put into a revenue bill,
for its benefit, this onerous and hitherto
nnhcard Of cxtortion upon the masses ?
How could any honest Representative of
the people vote for 1t? We imagine
that very few of them did so. II was a
robbery that was carried by the help Of
the friends of other robbers. TIE NON.
bers whom the salt manufacturers had
subsidized allied themselves with those
who represented and had received the
subsidies of the iron, coal, lumber, cot
ton and wooden manufacturing interests.
All combined together, they were sue
cessful in adopting this monstrous tariff,
which, without such a union of corrupt
interests, would have been secuted from
the halls of Congress. sssv
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

There IS hardly corner, grocery Of
any pfetension that does not do q larger
business, and yet in the face of facts
like these and those which have been
exposed, the Chief Magistrate has the
harlihood to tell the American people
that the success of this scheme will "pay
our debts and enhance the greatness
of the nation, when the whole export
or import trade would not pay the in
terest on single million of dollars. If
General Grant wrote that piece of fus
tian, he must suppose the country as
credulous as he was foolish and yapid
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

Swapping church choirs is the latest
sensation in Manchestes, N. n.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

EFT The notifications made in the
existing tariff by the act of July l3, 1870,
60 into operation from and after to day.
Although tho free list is considerably
enlarged. the changes are mainly for tile
advantage of those who are already
protected" at the cost of the great ID.
dustrial interests. The monopolists al.
fected to make certain concessions, but
their policy was really to riyet the ban
dages of agriculture more strongly, and
to defend themselves against the popu.
lar demand for revenue reform. Every
article which enters into the corsump.
ton of the toiling masses is taxed with
out scruple. while the manufacturers are
sheltered by a system which makes them
q preferred class Eashington CITY Pa
triot, 2d inst.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

EE The New York Sun now admits
General Frank Blair's opinion of the
tyrant Grant was not "far wrong.l 1t
says:
"Frank Blair has always maistained
that General Grant would not leave the
White House quietly at the end Of his
term. but would undertake, by q militia
ry revolution, to make himself a perma.
nent ruler-monarch, dictator, Emperor
whatever he might call it-of ftliis
country.
sThis has always seemed to US = mia.
taken opinion; but the pig-headeds OBJ
stinacy With which he is trying.to force
upon the people this foul .,and odioa6
San Domingo Job, looks as &honah
Frank Blair might not be 90 iar xli0oa
in this respect = most peo1ll 613S
thought him = 3 ~
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

ETThe wife Of the Secretary Of War,
BrlxsAP. died at Washington City on
he 29.h ul..
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

EE-We are proud of the Journal,
and proud of its glorious success, and
as Flora McFlimsey says, we are
Proud of our beauty, and
Proud Of our pride;
And proud of thousand
Things beside!"
Athens Jourhal.
Well, Mr.. Journal, it is to be hoped
that you have more reason to be proud
of your success than of the accuracy of
your quotation. You ascribe to VIII
LIAM ALLEN BUTLER what was written by
JOHN GODFREY SAKE.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10
GOV. HoFFMAN's MESSAGE.

The Governor reeites at length the
circumstances of the employment of the
federal troops to preserve peace in New
York city at the last election, and pro-
tests solemnly against the renewal of
such outrages and concludes: ITO de-
pend for the peace and order of locali-
ties on the federal army is not self gov
ernment; to substitute the regular SOL
dier with his musket as a peace officer,
in place of the constable with his writ,
is not to preserve peace, but 10 estab-
lish condition of war To surrender
elections to the control of the President,
supported by armed forces, Is TO SUR
RENDER LIBERTY AND TO ABAN-
DON A REPUBLIC"
New York State, notwithstanding the
presence of GRANTS 5000 bayonets, de-
cided not s'To SURRENDER "LIBERTY"
or eABANDON A REPUBLIC"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

EE-A Washington dispatch says that
Senator THURMAN has received a letter
from one of the highest judicial officers
in the State,and a prominent Republican,
commencing his course in the San Do
mingo affair, and stating that, outside Of
the office-holders and office hunters, the
writer does not believe there are a thou
sand persons in Ohio who favor the
scheme.
What! Has the measure upon which
GRANT has staked the success Of his adj
mlnistration and Of his party no sup,
porters in Ohio but the treasury leeches /?
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

NThe Negro cadet at West Point
is in trouble again. A new Court Mar.
tial has been convened. lie will 90
overheard this time. Let Radical cdi-
tors prepare to howl.
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Woodsficld. Jan. 10. 1871.

@THE UNION AS IT WAS
81 hold that THIS Government was
nude on the WHITE ssBAS1S. by,
WHITE MEN, for the BENEFIT Of
WHITE MEN and their POSTERITY
forever. -Stephea f. Douglas.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE,

HARRISBURG, January 3.-The House
of Representatives organized to-day, at
12 M. and the Senate at 8 p. NJ In the
former, Hon. Jas. H. Webb, Republican,
was elected Speaker, and Gen. Jas. l..
Selfridge reelected Chief Clerk. In the
Senate, Hon VIM. A. Wallace, Demo
crat, was chosen President, and Jacob
Zeigler, Clerk. The other candidates
placed in nomination by the Democratic
caucus were all elected.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

rEThe death rate in Paris is 1000
, week.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

"a union of hearts, union of hands,
A union that none may sever;
A union of lakes, union of lands,
The AMERICAN UxIoN FOREVER"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-01-10

By the surrender of Mezeries 1000
prisoners, LOG guns and quantity of
stores fell into the hands of the Ger
mans.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-30
MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION.


Important Action ON the School Question.
The State Board of Education met yes
terday In this city, at the Office of Hon. T.
w. Conway, State Superintendent, No. 166
Julia street. The members present were
Hon. T. w. Conway, president; j. B. Carter,
division superintendent of the sixth di.
vision; E. s. Stoddard, division superintend-
emit of the second division; r. X. Diossy
division superintendent of the third di-
vision, and General James MeCleery,
division superintendent of the fourth
division.
The secretary, Mr.. William Robinson,
read the minutes of the previous meeting,
which were approved.
The names of members appointed on the
respective school boards in the various par
ishes and towns of the State were presented
for confirmation, and action concerning
them was postponed till the next meeting.
Hon. T. w. Conway, State Superintend-
emit, then stated to the board that there
were five hundred public schools in opera
ton in the State; that there were twelve
hundred teachers employed in them; that
there were fifty thousand children under in
struction; that the local boards were fast
erecting schoOlhouses in every part of the
State; that there was an increasing popular
sympathy for public education in every
lects of the provision of the constitution and
those aimed at by the acts of the Legisla-
ture were being rapidly and quietly accom-
plished; that in less than two years more, if
the school acts were not interrupted by a
misguided public sentiment, upward of a
hundred thousand of the commemorative
educable youth would be under instruction
in the public schools, and that the only seri
GUS drawback to the good work of educa-
ton consisted in the bitter opposition of the
unreconstructed and misguided Democrats
of the State.
A committee was appointed to confer
with the Board of City Administrators, the
Attorney General, the State Auditor and
the Governor. This committee consisted of
Messrs. j. b. Carter and General James
McCleery. The president of the board was
added to the committee. The board, after
decision of the Supreme Court, considered
it entirely competent for the electors of
New Orleans, or any other school district of
the State, to hold an election ON the ques-
ton of a school tax, and as to the matter of
success they seemed perfectly confident
that large majority would vote on the
side of the schools and popular education.
There is no doubt that the members of
the State Board are in great earnest on the
question of keeping up the schools already
established and creating others as fast as
possible. The State Superintendent instead
of being deferred by the false accusations
of portion of the Democratic press, says
that he intends to force the Democrats of
Louisiana to put themselves on record for
or against public schools. He declares that
the crisis now existing on the school ques
ton is one eminently fitted to test the sin
cerity of the leaders of the Democracy, as
recently expressed, in favor Of the rights of
the negroes of the South