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A Fearful BALLOON Accident.

On last Saturday evening, the 30th
u!t, near Paoli, Orange County, Ind,
Prof Wilbur made arrangements for a
balloon ascension. He was to be ac-
companied by George H. Knapp, the
editor of the Orange County Union.-
just as they were about getting in the
balloon the cords gave way and they
made a spring for the car, but only sue
ceeded i'll grasping tie ropes. As the
balloon rose Knapp let 60 and fell at a
height Of about thirty feet without Sc
rious injury, Prof Wilbur held on and
attempted to climb into the haskell, but
was unable to do 50 and the balloon
shot up rapidly with the aeronaut cling
ing below. The spectators were thrilled
with horror at the terrible scene which
ended in a dreadful manner. At the
height of about one mile the doomed
man loosed his hold and came whirling
to the earth. AT the height he had at
tanned he looked like small stick about
a foot long. AS he approached Garth
he was coming down feet foremost, then
he spread out horizontally, then doubled
up and turned over, then Strengthened
out, head downward. AS he struck the
earth he fell upon his head and back
His head was mashed into an indistin-
guishable mass, and his body was bruis-
ed and crushed horribly. The concuss-
ion was so great that half gallon of
clotted blood was thrown from his
mouth. The body made an indenture
in the ground eight inches deep, and re-
bounded to about four feet from where
it struck. To add to the painful char
acter of the accident, the Professor
young wife and little daughter were on
the ground and witnessed the terrible
affair.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
Seneca Stone BaildIng Associa- =
srsf ss. &, tsOu,' -.


ian investigation into the affairs of the
Seneca Stone Building Association, of
Washington City, shows that Company
is to be composed of some of the prin-
Cipai officials OF the United States
AsAong ihem are such names as the fol,
lowing, with the amount of stock they
own: President Grant, $4,000; Gov.
H. d. Cook, $4,000; Paymaster Gene
raj Brice, $4,000; Surgeon General
Barnes, Sl1 600; Quartermaster General
Meigs, ,Sl9, 600; Gen Dent, sS, 600; Gen.
Babcock, Si0,o0o; John W. Forney,SS,-
OO0g
The Seneca quarry is only a few miles
from Washington City, and was bought
a few years ago for $40 Since & Gov,
ernment ring has been madcOf it, the
property is not for sale at any price
This stone is now the only building ma
terial used in any of the public works
here. The most of the stock owned by
the above officers was presented to them
as business investment by the original
owner.
There the People have picture of thf
greed Of the officials in power. The
idea Of the President specializing off Of
the People of the United States shows
his extreme littleness. Would Presi
dents WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON or Mon
ROE have been guilty of such thing P
No. They would have left such dirty
work to the lobby thieves.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
NFor the past six wears the SoutI

ESFor the past six years the South
ern States have been converted into an
arena of robbery, presenting spectacle
of fraud and corruption perhaps unex.
ampled in the history of the world; yet
Southern born men have had little to do
with it. Your true Southerner, if he
has sense enough to get an Office, has
too much honor to steal. In all my ex-
perience as correspondent of the Com
mercial, in the different Southern States,
| have found the worst thieves, tue
most insatiate robbers, to be Northern
men. There has been more stolen in
South Carolina, or Louisiana, since the
war, than in all the Southern States put
together from the revolution in 1867
Cor. Gin. Com.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
DR. HOOFLAND,ss
PoDoPHYELIN,
OR
Substitute for Mercury Pills.
TWO PILLS A DOSE
The most Poaoerful, get Innocent, Vegetable Ca
UtdTtic kR0,cn 4 II

II is not necessary to take q handful. Of
these pills to produce the desired effect; tvo
of them act quickly and powerfully, cleans
ing the Liver Stomach and Bowels Of an i'm
purities. The principal ingredient Is Podo-'
phyllin, or the Alcoholic extract of Mandrake,
which is by many times more powerful, aot-
ing and searching than the Mandrake itself,
Its peculiar action is upon the Liver. cleaning
it speedily from all distractions, with all the
power of Mercury, yet free from the injuri-
ous results attached to the use of that mine-
raj. is -
For, all diseases in which the use Of a ca
thartic is indicated, these pills will give en-
tire satisfaction in every case. They NRVKR
FAIL. -
In cases of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia and
extreme costiveness, DR.. Hollands German
Bitters or Tonic should be used in connec.
tion with the pills, The tonic effect Of tho
Bitters or Tonic builds up the system, The
Bitters or Tonic purifes the blood, strength
ems the Nerves, REGULATES the Liver, ami
gives strength energy and vigor.
Keep your bowels active with the pills, and,
tone up he system with Bitters or Tonic, and
no disease can retain the hold, or even assail
you,
Recollect that it is DIR. nOOFLAND'S GER.
NAN Remedies that are so universally used
and highly recommended; and do not allow
the druggist to induce you to take anything
else that he may say is just as good, because
he makes a larger profit 'on it., These reme.
dies will be sent by express to any locality,
upon application to the principal office, at the
GERMAN MEDICINE STORE, 6Si Arch street,
Philadelphia, Ghas. M. Evans Pro'r.
Formerly c. n, Jackson & Co.,
These Remedies are for sale by Druggists,
Storeseepers, and Medicine tas isrs every !
where. noyssr,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
Carnet.Has Stealing.

We published few days ago state
ment of the aggregate debt binding on
the Southern States, showing that it had
been increased since the war closed, un-
der carpet.bag rule, for which the Radi-
cal party is directly responsible, the en-
ormous amount of two hundred and
twenty.six millions of dollars. There
is nothing substantial in the shape of
increased wealth to show for all this
1t has been simply stolen. This sum
gives but poor idea Of the actual bur-
dens the. Impoverished South has been
compelled to bear, The rate of county
taxation is simply incredible, and would
not be believed, if We had not official
data to go upon. Take Mississippi, for
instance. The county taxation assessed
in 1850 was S3S4,90S In 1870, with
an assessable list of only SIT, ,27S,SSS,
against the sum of s509,472,912, the
rate was S2,17O,993. How the people
are able to bear this, seems to us mys-
terry.
But The case of Louisiana is still
worse, and the work OF plllage and IA
pine seems 10 lave been carried on
without conscience or stint.
In 1860 the valuation of property in
Louisiana was S435,7S7 ,265, and the
county taxation was S44O,13S. In 1870,
while the taxable property was reduced
to S243,e70,274, the parish taxation was
S4,109,999.
This is the case with other States
where the carpet-bag thieves are in pow
er. Is it any wonder that capital avoids
investment in the South, where taxation
amounts to confiscation, or that we oc-
casionally hear of thief being iynched
A similar state of robbery in Ohio,
with redress denied at the ballot box,
and the scoundrels upheld by Federal
bayonets: and half the telegraph poles
in the State would bear human fruit
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
THE Former Seat Of Government.

Gen. Grant will arrive here on Tues.
day morning. He will remain about
twenty-four hours; then 90 to GaleDa,
from whence he will proceed to Wash
ington, the former seat of Government.
-Chicaqo Republican.
1.-The former seat of Government" is
good. For the last three months he has
been lounging at Long Branch, smoking
cigars, drinking whisky, driving fast
horses, receiving presents,aprointing re-
lations to Office, laying the ropes for a
denomination, paying no attention to
the interests Of the people, and amusing
himself generally-while large major
ity. of his subordinates have been howl
ing "Ku Klux," and stealing themselves
rich in every part of the country.-S,
Paul Pioneer.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10

EgThe foul smelling corruption of
many Radical leaders is sometimes too
much for even the well inmed> nostrils Of
GREELEY. In late number .ofthe Tiid-
une he says: So a,sss ,c a.
1--WE will not, any honest paper will
not, make war upon the Tammany
thieves, and spare worse criminals in our
party, holding our highest Offices" =.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
Secretary Fish TO Retire from the
state Department.

Secretary Fish has stated to one of
his official associates that he will posi-
lively retire from the State Department
after the November elections, although
the President is still urgent to have him
remain. When Mr.. Fish's retirement
was first spoken of some months ago it
seemed to be very generally understood
here that Senator Morton, Of Indiana,
would succeed him. Now, however,
Morton seems to have been set aside
New York demands that one of her cit
izens shall continue in the State Depart
ment, and the name now most promi-
nently mentioned is that of Andrew D.
White, of Cornell University. Mr..
White was a member Of the San Do
mingo Commission, and presided over
the late Radical Convention at Syracuse.
He will be supported by the Conkling
and Murphy wing of the party Wash,
iAqton Patriot.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
From the N. Y. Sun, Radical.]
The Grant and Murphy Ticket,

The ticket nominated by the Repub-
lican State Convention at Syracuse is
the weakest one ever put before the peo-
pie of this State for twenty-five years.
Last year Grant and Murphy over
come Horace Greeley and Reuben E.
Fenton in the Convention by the use of
money. They nominated Stewart l..
Woodford for Governor. 1t was proved
that he had been concerned with Apple
ton Oaksmith, the slave trader, and he
was so badly beaten that he has never
been heard of since. @a
This year, and by the same corrupt
means, Grant and Murphy have proved
too much for Greely and Fenton again !;
and they have put up set of political
nobodies, and when election day comes
these nobodies will be nowhere. What
a ticket! 4 ..4r
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10

w The Boston Traveller says gen.
tleman of that city, while travelling in
Europe, had his watch stolen from him
in Vienna, and offered reward equal
to fifty dollars in our money. The watch
did not appear, and when returning to-
ward America, he left his name and adj
dress and the number Of his watch A
year has since gone, and he gave up all
hope of ever seeing it, when few days
ago his watch came to him in Boston,
the only charge upon it being one of
fifty cents for express transportation
from New York. The thief had been
arrested in Vienna, the watch found up
on him, and forwarded by the city gov
ernment o: Vienna free of chargs to
this city.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
Indirect, Taxation Direct Robbie.
A'.as4

The Newark, N. j, Daily Journal,
showing "How a Protective Tariff R)bs
tue People, illustrates the effect of the
tariff in giving domestic manufacturers
an opportunity to enhance their prices :
the effect on our own pockets is the
same as if it were a direct tax If We
had to pay this indirect tax like We pay
our county and city taxes, our tax re-
ceipts would read something in this man
ner: XII. . ~
Mr.. John Smith, to the United States, DIR.
For having consumed 800 worth
Of foreign goods, 500
To the manufacturing Companies, DIR.
For having consumed $3.50 worth
of domestic goods, $50
"Such 4 tax, by direct taxation, could
never be collected in this country; and
yet the effect in beggaring the poor for
the benefit of the rich is the same on
families and on the country. If Mr..
Capital steals from Mr. Labor fifty cents
every night in the year, at the end Of the
year he will have stolen 1882 so. 1t
matters not whether you know or not
that you have been robbed, You are just
that much poorer If the robber would
make a direct demand for this money
you would shoot him if you got a
chance"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10

HOrer one thousand men are now
employed in the Philadelphia Navy
Yard. This would all be very well if
there was any real necessity for it. But
the truth is, that these votes will be
needed by the Radicals at the ensuing
election, and hence there is pretense
that the repair of vessels there is abso-
lutely necessary. The work requires
men, and the men vote, What matters
it that the overburdened taxpayers have
to foot the bills, so long as this corrupt
Radical party can keep itself in power ?
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
~The Gar of Russia has issued q,

F The Gar of Russia has issued an
order whereby the, existing institutions
fol- instructing women in midwifery are
to be enlarged in every possible direc-
ton. Further, considering the great
utility of the Sisters of Mercy in hos
pitfalls" women are to be allowed to act
as surgeons. to vaccinate, and to be en-
ployed as chemists. They are to have
every facility and assistance in all edu-
cational establishments. Women are
also to be admitted as "signal women"
in the telegraph departments; they may
be employed as accountants, and may
he placed in the female institutions sub
ject to the Emperor's own chancellery.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
The Coffee Crop.

An importer of coffee in New York
publishes a letter, in which he states
that there has been a considerable fall
ing off in the production of coffee this
season. The three principal coffee re-
gions are Brazil, Java and Ceylon. The
Brazilian crop has declined from 4S0.-
100000 to 200,000,000 of pounds. and
the Java crop from 170,000,000 to 106,-
100000 of pounds. Of the Ceylon crop
there is no accurate data. He adds that
there is no lack Of supply yet felt. but
that the ultimate effect of these deficien-
cies has already been covered through
out the world by a rise of price.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10

g"Governor Reed" says the Flor
idian, "has been absent from the State
for some two months or more, on what
business no one seems to know. There
is now, and has been for some time, q
little bunch of carpet-bag adventures in
New York, who are concocting raid
on the State in the shape of bonds, scrip,
and lands. Ii the Governor is watch
ing these swindlers for the purpose OF
thwarting their schemes of plunder,
very well; but it is more than probable,
judging from his antecedents, that he is
zone of which,"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10

EIn the new apportionment for
Members of Congress, the late slave
holding States will gain two, Illinois two,
Iowa one, Kansas one, Michigan one,
Minnesota one, Missouri two, New Jer-
sey one, and Wisconsin,
New England will lose six members,
New York three, Ohio two, Kentucky
one aud Pennsylvania two
The number of Representatives will
be two hundred and forty one.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10

Two farmers, named William Sill
vus and Lester Wines, got into a quar-,
rel on the 2Sth ult., in Athens county,
which resulted in fatal stabbing, in
which Silvus stabbed Wines in the neck
so severely that he died almost instantly
The cause of the quarrel was the divis
ion OF crop Of corn grown on the farm
of Silvus. Both gentlemen were resi-
dents of Alexander township, Athens
county. Mr.. Silvus is about seventy
years of age, and is highly respected
citizen. Mr.. Wines was also of good
family. He leaves a wife and one child
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10

EFIt IS no very violentassumption
which represents the President as eager
for a denomination Political intriguers
like Morton, Forney, Cameron, Murphy,
and Conkling, are not among his in'i-
mate advisers for nothing + y
We hope the Republican press will
see to it that the President gets no peace
till this particular rascal (Murphy) is re-
legated to private life TIE Nation.
When this particular rascal" and the
other political intriguers" and "inti-
mate advisers" have been "relegated to
private life," then the President must
soon follow.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
hgAll throu1h tho South at FIJI

@All through the South at this
time hundreds, yea, thousands, of re-
spectacle citizens are dragged from their
homes and taken hundreds of miles to
the State capital, there to answer before
United States Courts and packed juries
of carpet-baggers and negroes trumped
up charges Of private and political ma
levolence against them by the adherents
of the party in power. Our Southern
exchanges are full of incidents illustra.
ting the brutality of the proceedings -
Since the days of Judge Jeffrey,nothing
like this in atrocity has been witnessed.
Gin. Emo.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10

EET The total number of immigrants
of all kinds arriving in the United States
during the year ending June 80, 1871,
was 321, $50, of whom I9O,42S were
males. The number from England was
56,530; Ireland 7,439 Scotland IL 1884 !;
Germany S2,554; Sweden 10.699.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10

~The way we "protect American
labor is shown in the prices at which
three of the leading sewing-machines
are sold in the United States and Eng
land:
Price in Eng. In the U. S
Wheeler & Wilson, $40 90 SS5 90
New Singer, 80 80 G5 90
Elias Howe, 80 90 65 90
The above prices are for exactly the
same classes of machines as sold in both
countries. This is according to the
sworn affidavit, in Cleveland, Ohio, of
G.. w. Wilson, the President of the
Wilson Sewing-machine Company
Those who buy and use sewing machin,
es would do well to make note of this
fact. The reason of the difference in
price is the cost of the material that
enters into the construction of the ma
chine. That difference is produced by
a high tariff for the benefit of certain
interests favored by the Republican par
ty.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
~A Tax. payers' Conyen,

EFA Tax payers Conyention,recent-
ly held in Florida, cites as the fruit of
carpet bag rnle, the fact that the amount
to be collected in taxes this year is near.
ly 100000, equal to one-eleventh of
the total l,personal property valuation OF
the State In 1S60,the whole amount Of
taxes collected in Florida was Sill, sos
IS. The difference is made up by Rad
ical stealings. g dssf'af '<'
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Adding InsulitO injury,

Governor DAVIS, of Texas, has re
Gently furnished convlcin evidence of
what at least one leading Radical thinks
of the robbed and helpless tax payers.
A Convention OF these victims of Rad
ic'l rapacity was recently held in the
Capitol at Austin, and among other pro-
ceea!ncs they entered an earnest protest
against the unbrillel corruptions of
their State government. After they had
adjourned, the tyrant and buffoon whom
Radical bayoncts and frauds have made
Governor of that STATE, called meeting
At which he delivered h1ransue, con-
cluding thus:
In ol0cn times, wien temples dcvO-
tel to worship had lecome defiled by the
wickedness of the people,it was the GUS
tom of the high priests officiating therein
to form in procession aud march around
the temple. singing psalms and scatter
ing incense as they proceeded. Oar
|, Capitol to night requires cleansing from
the pollution cast upon it by the sitting
therein of the body styled the TaX-pay-
ers' Convention. My friends, we have
not the incense to scatter around the
Capitol, but let us form in procession
and march around this building, and as
we do so sing John Browns body,
though mouldering in the grave,his soul
keeps marching on and Rally Round
the Flag, Boys"
Accordingly procession was formed,
the Governor and Speaker of the House
heading it, and they went tramping
around the building, singing 'John
Browns body"
The only meaning that can be attribu.
ted to this clownish proceeding is that
these licensed plunderers desired to show
their contempt and disdain of the rob
bed and harassed people whose burdens
were growing insupportablr.
This DAVIS is an ardent supporter Of
GRANT, and of course GRANT is zeal
Gus supporter Of DAVIS; consequently
the latter has plenty of bayonets at his
back, and can afford to despise the CON-
plants Of his helpless constituents.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10

EgIn 1860 the Indian population was
44,021. In 1870 it was reduced to 25,-
731. The Chinese population in 1850
was 34,933. BY the census of 1870 the
number is reported 63,254.
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H.Tbo Co1y,o rrinac Of tho 90

Ey-The Selma Times, of the 2Sth
ult., says of the late General Clanton :
"In all Alabama he leaves behind him
no one so admired, so trusted, so loved
In the walks of private life, at the bar,
in the Counsels of the State, on the field
of bloody strife, he was everywhere
faithful to the petty weaknesses of les
ser men, ever prompt to meet response
bilities, and under all circumstances
without fear and without reproach."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
OF RochefOrt's SEN.
feNCe.

PARIS, October 2-It is stated that
Victor Hugo has urged President Thiers
to use his influence and endeavor to OBJ
tain commutation of Rochefort's SEN
tence Of life Imprisonment in Colossal
fortress, and Thiers has consented.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10

A story has bosn extensively circulated
that Rrigadier General Robert Anderson
is so poor that he cannot afford to hire a
servant in his sickness. General Ander-
son is retired as a brigadier- general, and
receives 81, ,l25 per aunum,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-10
Mr.. Bonner on the Milwaukee
TrOt.
from the New York Ledger

+ From the New York Ledger.]
Some of the daily papers have report
ed that Goldsmith Maid has trotted a
mile in .217. Everybody knows that
she never saw the day she could do that
without running; but even if she had
done it, it would leave her behind Dex-
Ter, for he trotted, in the presence Of ten
thousand people, in ZIG, although beat.
en- in that race by running horse, who
made 2.15, and therefore got the record.
From the Spirit Of the Times]
She will never be Dexter's equal, in
our opinion, until she can in race with
a trotter or runner and running mate SUI
perior to her in speed, tret mile in 2m.
l6s., on the Fashion Course, and repeat
it in 2m It's. |