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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-12
THE selslE Oh DEMOCRACY.
SENSE AND SENTIMENT.


1t takes all our learning to lie simple.
+4sea bfskap Usher,
Idfehess is the hane. the moth, tue
gangrene, the curse of life.
Intensive life can only be purchased at
the cost of extensive life.
The finest characteristic of modern
life is its sympathy.-Rvskia
Truth is as Impossible to be soiled by
any outward touch as the sunbeam.
Regard not dreams, since they are the
images of our hopes and fears.-Cdto.
sisFhey sire never alone that are accom-
panied with o. lie thoughts Sidney
1.-The poorest education that teaches
seltseontol is better than the best that
lRgiectsait.
Spare no pains in Identifying your
homes aud improving the r0ads that
lead tolthem.
A slowness to applaud Gctrays cold
temper and an envious spiyit.-HaaHoh
Moqre, an 7fl.s..
Wit resembles a coQuette; those who
themost eagerly run after it are the least
favored.
Sincerity is an excellent instrument
fr,the speedy dispatch of business
7tliotsoR.
LetEevety nlnister,while he is preach
ing, remember that God makes one OF
his hearers.
The human soul, like the water Of the
salt sea, becomes flesh and sweet in ris-
ing to the sky.
"aPayson says: "When We meet in lea
ven, we shall see how little we know
about it on earth
. ,,Sene books. are TO be tasted, others to
fve Swallowed, and some few 10 be chew
ed and digested.-Bacon.
How is it possible chat mankind CAL
take advice when they will not so mucl
as take warning 2-SwiG.
{sBeethoven said of Plutarch that his
writings had led him through many {
sonl-fght TO Tie rest of resignation.
A good book is the precious life BLOOD
of mastcr-spirit embalmed and treas
pred up on purpose to life beyond life
:7sAa :7sAaiiItee. tl I
Harmless mirth is the best guart
sgainstthe consumption of the spirits
wherefore jesting is not unlawful, it i
trespasseth not iu quantity, quality o
season. .---Faller. d
- ~fnl II. la-.
Every act of sin is more injurious tt
him who commits it than it can possibl,
be to any others who suffer by 1t, but /
will return into the conscience and per
form strange work there.
Be no imitator: freshly act thy part;
.gThro this world be thou an independent ran
ger;
Better is the faith that springeth from tn
ss&.e heart, etJ
Than better faith belonging to stranger.
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SHERIFF'S sale.
George W. Griffith
VS..
Elizabeth Griffith ct nj.

DY vir' ue of an order of sale to me directed
ID from the court of common pleas of NJ on
zoe county, Ohio, i will offer for sale al the
front door of the court house in the town o.
Woodsfeld, between the hours of 10 O'Clock
a. m. and o'clock p. m., on
Saturday, the 18Th day of January, 1871
the following described real estate, situate il
Monroe county. Ohio, to wit:
The south half of the northwest quarter o
section eleven, township five and range FIVE.
Appraised at Sl,866 81.
GEORGE CALDWELL,
nov2Sw5, Sheriff ~ C. o.
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Price 80 so per volume, elegantly bound
in cloth, with gilt sides; 50 in plain cloth; 81
rs in boards.
Address. J. L. PETERS.
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EXecutriX's Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
lS signed have been appointed, by the Pro.
bate Court of Monroe county, Ohio, Rxecu
trixes of the estate of David Kirkbride, decd
AMANDA J. SMITH
nov2sw3. LUCY N. MITCHELL.
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MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE.
Samuel Danford
Andrew j. Lloyd.

OY virtue of a mandate to me directed
ID from the court of common pleas of Mon
roe county, Ohio, will offer for sale at the
front door of the court house in the town oil
Woodsfeld, between the hours of 10 O'Clock
a. m. and o'clock p. m, on
Saturday, tie 3Oth day of December, 1871,
the following described real estate, situate in
Monroe county, Ohio. to wit:
Out lot number two in BealI's addition to
the town of Beallsvill, ,eit being the west par.
of said lot number two, and described as fol.
lows: Beginning at the northwest corner OF
said lot number two, running south one hun
dred and forty one feet: thence east fifty-twc
feet; thence north one hundred aud forty -one
feet; thence west fifty-two feet to the place ot
beginning.
Also the undivided half of the LANYARD
situate on the east part of lot number two.
Appraised. first piece at $500.
I" second 500.
JOHN p. SPhIGGS.
nov2ST5. Mas. Com. n. C. 0.
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@ V E r G O A T [ n G. S
English Meltons, Beavers, Moscows, Esqui.
maux, and Elysian Overcoatings.
Furnishing Goods,

an elegant line of Furnishing Goods, consist
ing of all the Latest Novelties.
This stock having been purchased in the
early part of the. season. and before the re
cent advance in woolens, will f. disposed
of at such prices as will defy competition
and satisfy the most skeptioal.
call is respectfully solicited.
apr25m6. THOS. HUGHES.
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Settlement Accounts.

PROBATE CoURT, MONROE Co. ONO. I
November %, 1871.
The following settlement accounts will be
for hearing
Thursday, the lAh day OF. December, 1871
saac Booth Guardian of John Miller, partial.
ohm Griffith Administrator of Thomas Grif-
fifth, final.
James Worley Guardian of James W. Gray
partial
Jacob Butt Guardian OF Jacob Butt, Jr., par
tial.
BAIL Steward Administrator of George zipp,
final
BAIL Steward Administrator of Peter Highley
final.
Lewis D. Carlton Guardian of Susannah R
Yocum, final.
David C. Steel and James C.. Johnson Admin
istrators of Samuel Steel, final,
Josiah Dement, Administrator of Vincent De
mens, partial.
Aaron Hartshorn Guardian of Harriet A., Ma.
ry c. and Dora B. K Keadle, partial.
T. .. CASTLE,
nov2Std. Probate Judge.
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VESTINGs,

A large and varied assortment of Cassimeres,
Velvet and Cashmere Vestings.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-12

A hardy seaman, who had barely es
capped drowning by shipwreck, was asked
by a good lady how he fell when the
waves rolled over him. He replied,
"Wet, ma'am very wet"
sWhat are you doing there :" said a
grocer to fellow who was stealing his
lard. "I'm getting fat" was his reply
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Road Notice.

A PETITION will be presented to the Com.
"a missioners at their December session ask
ingfor review of the County Road, commen.
cling at pfalzgraff's dam, III Center township
through the lands of Sebastian Riesbeck: thence
through the lands of Jacob Pfalzgraf; John
Songer's lands, John Smyth's lands to Songer':
lower line, of upper iof. on Ayres Fork in Sum
nit township. MANY PETITIONERS.
noy7w5.
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MAMMOTH
TERMS-Always in Advance:
Snperb Premium Engraving!

Every person getting up club of FIVE al
81 60 each, or eight at 81 5n each, win bs
entitled to an extra copy of the Magazine fol
1879, and also to a copy of tbs superb parlor
mezzotint (size "A inches by l8,) alive Times
One to-day" which, at store, would cost
four dollars. es
Sg Specimens SENT gratis,to those wishing
to get up clubs. Address, D t
CHARLES j. PETERSON.
No. 800 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
no X.
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Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under.
IN signed has been appointed by the Pro.
bate Court of Monroe county. Ohio, Admins
traitor Ct the estate of John s. Way, decd
Aov2Sv3. HENRY r. WEST.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14
Speak Kindly 10 thy Mother.

Young man speak kindly to your
mother and courteously, tenderly of
her. But little time and you shall
see her no more forever. Her eye
Is dim, and her form is bent and her
Others may love you fondly; but
never again while time Is yours
shall any ones love he to you as that
OF your old trembling, weakened
mother has been.
Through helpless infancy her throb-
bing breast was your safe pro-
lection and support; in wayward
boyhood, she bore patiently with
your thoughtless rudeness: she nursed
you safely through legion of ills and
maladies.
Her hand bathed your burning brow;
or mOistcned your parched lips; her
eye lighting up the darkness of night
! ly vigils, watching sleepless by your
side as none but her could watch.
oh, speak not her name lightly, for
you cannot live so many years as
would suffice TO thank her fully.
Though reckless and impatient
youth, she is your counsellor and So
lace. TO "A bright manhood she guides
your steps for Improvement nor even
/ then forsakes or forgets.
/ Speak gently then and reverently,
of your mother; and when you, too,
shall he old, il shall in some degree,
! tighten the remorse which shall be
yours for other sins, TO know that
! never wantonly have you outraged
the respect due to your aged mother
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14
Queer story.

A party of hunters, who lately pen
etrated to the interior of cave on
Beaver creek, near Glasgow, Ky, in
pursuit of u fox, were rewarded for
their trouble by the discovery of an
oblong chamber, eighteen feet long,
cut out of the solid rock, and con
tanning the crumbling remains of ten
human beings. The Glasgow Times
believes that the cave must have been
at one time used by gang of mur-
derers. Within u few days." says
the Times, 1--WE have heard of q num-
Der rofpersons-mostly travelers-who
many years ago disappeared while in
this section of country and were never
afterwards heard from. One instance
is remembered, where a horse and
buggy, belonging to traveller from
Virginia, were found loose upon the
road near this cave, its owner missing
and never heard from"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14
CLARKsviLI.E, Jan. |, 1871

Capt. William Stockell, President of the
Broad Street Fire Co., No. 2, Nashville:
DEAR SIR-Your letter of the 30th
December, informing me of the reso-
luton passed at n late meeting of
your company, and transmitting n
copy of the same, with a check on
the Fourth National Bank of Nash
vile, for three hundred and seven
dollars and seventeen cents-New
Years gift from them to the Confed-
crate Orphan Asylum at Clarksville
has been received.
Language has ever failed to give
utterance to the strongest emotions
of the human heart. To ours on this
occasion, we can give 10 kind of eX-
preston.
We can only say in behalf of the
children and our Board of Managers,
Capt. Stockell, we thank you. From
the depths of our hearts, now over
| flowing with gratitude to the Great
Giver of all good, we most truly
thank each and every member of
your company for this most unex-
pected and muniticent gift. We now
more than ever feel assured that Ten
nessee has not forgotten, nor will she
ever forget her peculiar obligation ia
these unfortunate children of her
/ fallen soldiers.
Wishing for the New Year all hap
piness and prosperity to yourself and
your company,
am, very respectfully,
Mrs. A. G. MUNFoRD,
Cor. Sec. and Tres. II. o. A.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14
ScOIding.

or all the disagreeable habits the
world was ever tOrmented with scOld
ing is the most annoying. II, hear q
saw filed, to hear peacock scream
or an Indian yell, is music compared
with it. Since we were little children
we have always felt Il mortal abhor-
renee to scolding. Andif we had beeI,
scolded as some children are, we know
not that we sould ever have been
good for anything. 1t is no wonlel
so many children are bad. The go d
is scolded out Of them. 1t is stunted
or killed by early froSts nf cold, icy
scclding. What a frost Is to the
spring buds, is scolding to all the
child hearts. Scolding folks at home
How miserable. Lightning, thun,
der, hail, storms, aud winds, rather
than the hurricane of scolding. Let
all the powers that be wage war o
kindness on all the scolders, thai
they may be overcome with II better
spirit.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14
For the Chronicle.
THE WINTER WIND.

q, wind! thou nrt cold, cold ms the grave
Cold ms the heart of stone;
OF thee will ask n message To bear
TO her who has left the tigers lair.
To sleep in the grave alone.
Tell her the human heart Is cold, cold and
drcar;
Cold rs sdeath-cold rs the bier,
That dark and cold rs her grave may feel,
III not so cold MS the ley sea,
That rests on the living here.
My love, to thee, a message / send
And have chosen the wind to carry 1t thee
For man is false, and woman Is iair,
And false and fair, alike to me,
All cold, cold, icy cold To me.
Cold ms the shroud,
Cold as the tear
That rests ON the stony face of the dead
When light, and JOY, and life have fled,
And tho form of the proud
Lies cold In the bier.
The marsh is cold, and bleak and bare,
And wild the winds are warning there,
and cold the road that crosses there;
But wilder, colder, fiercer still
Are the angry storms of human Will,
The angry tones of passions start,
That raise the hue on n brothers check.
That drown loves light In II sister meek;
That crush n fathers JOY;
That break mothers heart.
'ris well with thee, then wish not again
To visit the hnunts, the homes of men:
'Tis better to rest in the place of the dead,
Than live In world whence love has fed
o wind thou art cold,
Cold ~ the wild, despairing gloom
That shroudS the broken heart;
/ But colder st II than thy herccSt blast.
Is the icy mantle that DER them cast,
The little sons OF men,
The tritling daughters of men,
When the wailing cry Of the stricken soul
! Asks bu, u tear from world so cold,
So cold, OH 50 cold!
j. NJ. PETER.
! Mishawaka, Ind, Dec. 23d, 1870.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14
The Confederate Orphan Asylum.

NASHVILLE, TENN. Dec. 30, 20.
Mrs. A. q. Munford, President Confeder
ate orphan Asylum, Clarksville, Tenn:
MADAM-It is my pleasing duty
to inform you that at a meeting o
Broad Street Fire Company No. 2, oI
this city, held at their old hall last
night, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the sum of 1921 80,
now in the hands of Capt Stockell, be
equally divided between the Protes-
tant and Catholic Orphan Asylums
of this city, and the Confederate Or.
phan, Asylum of Clarksvillc, as q
New Years gift, and that the same
be paid over to the above institutions
by the President.
Therefore, in accordance with the
above resolution, / remit you a check
on the Fourth National Bank o! oui
city for 1907 II 100.
Respectfully,
WIN. SToCKEI,,
President.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14
WHOLE NO. a,143.
CUBA.

The young King of Spain (the
Duke of Aosta) will not find the
Spanish throne u bed of roses. AL
ready the mutterings Of revolution
are heard, and the fate of poor Maxi.
milan may await Gen Prim's favor
ite. In this event Cuba can strike
hard blows for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
which will in all probability, be
crowned with success. We hope the
Ever Faithful Isle may become the
Ever Free Isle, and keep out of the
clutches of Gen. Grant, who seems
determined to annex the entire West
Indies. A New York paper express
es itself as follows:
"From the present appearance of
things In Spain the advent of the
new King from Italy will be the
signal for revolutionary outbreaks
so formidable and extensive as to
make it impossible for the govern
ment at Madrid to send another ship
or another regiment to the Cuban
of the insurrection. Indeed, IL Is
possible that General Prin, with his
new King, may soon be so entangled
in his revolutionary difficulties at
home as to be compelled to get rid of
Cuba in order to raise the sinews of
war, or to save himself by an igno-
nominious flight from Spain. Mean
while, the condition of things in the
Peninsula is such as to warrant the
opinion that no reinforcements to any
extent can be sent to Valmaseda for
months to come, and so the Cubans
themselves may be able to change
the fortunes of their struggle in fa-
vor of the separation of the island
from Spain. AS for General Grant,
we can hardly expect much from him
in behalf of Cuba, when he finds it
so difficult to get the consent Of the
Senate to paltry million or two for
the splendid island of San Domingo.
The Cubians must fight their own
battle, and in carefully watching the
course of events in Spain, they may
yet fight it out to complete success"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14
An Important Decision.

The Supreme Court of the United
States has recently decided, i'm the
case of Dean vs.. Nelson ct ais, that
proceedings to fOreclose u mortgage
of stock, had during the war, when
the creditor was on one side of the
lines and the debtor on the other,
were wholly void as to the debtor,
who, the court held, should now be
let in to redeem the stock. The
language of the court is: "The de-
1 PENDANTS in the proceedings (the APP
pelleeS here) Were within the Confcd-
crate lines at the time, and it was un-
lawful for them to cross those lines.
Two of them had been expelled the
Union lines by military authority,
and were not permitted to return.
The other, Benjamin May, had never
left the Confederate lines. A notice
directed to them and published in a
newspaper was q mere idle form.
They could not lawfully see nor obey
it. AS to them, the proceedings were
wholly void and imperative"
"This leaves the equity Of redemp-
tion in the mortgaged property un-
extinguished; and it Is, therefore,
the right of the appellees to redeem
it,"
This opinion was delivered by Mr..
Justice Bradley, one of the new
judges.
The principle decided is one of
transcendant Importance to the peo-
pie of the South, and will lead to the
undoing of many a deep-laid scheme,
set on foot in the North during the
war, to cut oil and extlnguish the
rights of Southern people. 1t is now
authoritatively settled that no pre-
ceedings of judicial character can
sanctiry or give validity to measures
so plainly repugnant to natural JUS
ticc. Amidst all the license and tu-
mutt of these unsettled times, moth
! ing is so reassurlng to our people as
the reflection that this great tribunal
| Is lifted above the passions and pro-
judices of the hour, and can be APP
ipealed to with II confident eXpccta-
! ton of justice.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14

a GENTLEMAN once asked LITTLE
girl, an only child, how many sisters
she had, and WAS told "three or four
Her mother asked Mary, when the,
were alone, what had induced her L
tell such an untruth. Why, mann
ma" "cried Mary, 81 didn't want him
to think you were SO poor that yol
hadn't but one child. Wouldn't ht
thought we were drefiul poor?"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14

Everybody knows how TO render
lard but every does not know that
u handful of slippery elm bark put
into it while cooking will prevent II
from becoming rancid. 1t will not
only preserve II perfectly sweet for
any length of time, hut will impart
TO it n most delightful flavor. Try
It, everybody.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14

a NATION OF CHURCHES. - The
population of Scotland il about $500,
600, of whom about 5000 "declinC
to he classified, or to he ecclesiastise,l
in any way" Among these are the
Monavians, Irvingites, and Primitive
Methodists. Making this reduction,
it appears that there is one church in
Scotland for about 525 Of all persons
of fit age to attend-a larger supply,
it is said, than exists in any other
part Of the world, except the Papal
States and the city of London.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14

THE oldest stove probably in the
United States Is the one which warns
the halls Of Virginia's Capitol, in
Richmond. II was made In England
and sent to Richmond in 1770, and
warmed the House OF Burgesses for
sixty years before 1t was removed to
its present location, where 1t has
been for thirty years. IL has surviv-
ed three British monarchs; has been
contemporaneous with three monar-
chies, two republics and two imperial
governments Of France.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14

MINNESOTA papers tell sad story
of "a little girl aud boy who wandered
away from the house Of their father,
in Morrison county, In that State,
and subsequently were found dead 10y
the Indians. The boy lay on his
back, having apparently died with.
out much suffering. The girl had
taken her rings from her ears, and
wrapping them with II lock of her
hah in n small piece Of cloth, put
the little parcel in her pocket, and
then laid down and died from cold,
hunger aud exposure.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14

THE world Is made of differently
shaped persons-as, for instance,
round men and square men and hall
the trouble in life is caused hy the
round men getting into the square
holes. If people would not be ever
last'ngly mixing things-the sand
and the sugar, the flies and the milk,
etc! Better to succeed blacksmith
than to fail as poet to measure
ribbon well than to bungle in trying
to be "a statesman.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14

WILLING TO WAIT.-Some years
ago, in one of our western courts,
three men, an Englishman, an Irish
man, and n Scotchman, were found
guilty of murder, and sentenced to
be hung. The judge told them they
could choose tree on which to be
"strung up" The Scotchman prompt
ly chose AN ash tree, and the English
man an oak tree. Well, Pat, what
will you he hung on ?' asked the
Judge. "lf it would please your
honor, I'd rather be hung on goose
berry bush. oh" said the Judge,
"that is rot big enough" Begar-
ra, thin" says Pat, Frightening up,
/" iii wait till il grows.h
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14
Amount o. United States Currency I'm
Circulation.

The following is statement of the
United States currency outstanding,
rs appears on the books of Treasurer
spinner, ut the close of the year 1870:
United states notes, old issue, Sl0l,-
OS6; ditto, new issue, S224, 2G6, 900; dit
to, issue OF 1862 Sl3l, 73i, 900; one year
five per cent notes, Sli2, S57; two year
five per cent notes, S43, ,552; two year
per cent coupon notes, S34, 452; com
pound interest notes, SI,970,Sl0 frac-
tional currency, first issue, Si,445, ,0S2;
ditto second issue, $3,2i6,l75; ditto
third issue, 81, 542,37l; ditto fourth is
sue, S2f, 76l, 1850. Total, S39S, 203, SIT.
OF the 81, 900, 900 in three per cent Ger
tificates ordered to be retired during
the month of December, 81, ,5l0,0OO
have been redeemed. The Secretary
of the Treasury will redeem an addi-
tional S2,OOJ,000 of this issue during
the month of January, 1871. On the
lst of January, 1871, the loan oflSG0,
which was forS7, 022, 900, natures and
interest ceases. The Treasury De-
partment during the past week has
been engaged in paying this loan on
presentation of the bonds. 1t appears
from the sources through which the
bonds We're sent for redemption that
nearly the entire loan was owned
abroad and mainly by London bank
A
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14

THE Knoxville Wing an| Regis.
Ter thus moralizes: "lle who end
eth the year free from debt and with
honor, endeth il with riches and
glory. Therefore, envy not the man
who emhlaZoneth his wealth but
cheats his creditors, and thereby cn'
daugCrCth hi own soul
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14

THE NOrristown pa Herald fur
nishrs the following remedy for
chicken cholera: "One ounce of as
safetida; two tablespoonfuls OF cay
enne pepper, pulverized; one peck ot
wheat-bran one handful salt. Dis
solve the assafmtida In cup Of hot
water; mix il all together like thick
mush ; prepare the night before; put
it in the trough every morning II bad
aud continue until u final cure.n
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-01-14

THE census shows that North Car
olina has gained 10000 inhabitants
during the last ten years, and has
now population of l,o72,Op,