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A United States Fleet Ordered to
Cuba,
NEW YoRK- Nov % 1871

New York, Noy. %, 1871.
Specials state that Admiral Lee,
with a feet, is ordered to Cuban wa
tiers, with instructions, if satisfaction
for recent ouLrages is not obtained, to
open fire on the city of Havana
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. 1871.
1t is supposed at the Navy Depart
ment that the Terror having Yester
daybeen ordered to Havana, she will
arrive there to-day. The Worcester,
now at Boston, will he the flag ship
of the North Atlantic fleet, Admiral
Lee having, it is said, left Washing
ton to-day to join her. The Swaltara,
now at Norfolk, connot Immediately
join the squadron, as her captain re
ported this morning that she first re
quires repairs. The Severn is nomi-
nally in commission, but will not be
fitted for sea the Worcester takes her
place. The Kansas and Nipsis VIII
soon join the squadron. The Showmu,
which recently started for Brazil, will
be recalled for temporary duty in the
squadron.
The authorities do not %apprehend
any difficulties at Havana with Amer
lean citizens, but say that the return
of the squadron to the North Atlantic
is in accordance with usage, to have a
force convenient for the protection of
our citizens, shonld necessity for it
occur They look upon the recent
disturbances in Havana as merely of
a local character, and as significant of
the assumed Importance Of the volun-
teers against the Spanish authorities
The Congress, nov at New York,
will, it is supposed, go to the Mediter-
ranean to relieve the Guerrero as
flagship of the fleet.
New ORLEANS, Nov. %, 1871.
The Times says unparalleled infamy
and brutality are the words which the
civilized world will bestow upon the
deed of unexampled savagery and
blood thirstiness of the authorities of
the Island of Cuba in the execution of
eight young medical students, on the
of desecrating the grave Of a
Spanish officer. 1t says the Govern
nent of Cuba has placed itself be-
yond the pale of the law of nations,
and it is especially incumbent On this
Republic to take into serious consid-
Grafton the question whether such a
government shall be permitted to hold
sway over an island almost within
of our shores, and to insult by
such fragrant acts the Christianity and
of. our age.
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The President as a Reformer.

Hon. Reverdy Johnson, in his late
Baltimore speech, says the President !:
That he has proved himself incom-
petent properly to discharge the high.
important, and complicated duties Of
office. x x He seems to me to
consider himself still as the head of
an army, and that the people of the
country are his soldiers, and subject
ed to his command. = = He GER
tainly esteems the innumerable host
of office holders IS bound to do his
bidding and promote his political in
terest. Those who refuse, whether
appointed by himself or not, r ruth
lessly decapitatei, whilst these who
serve him most are confided in and
rewarded. They are now, in fact, an
army III the field, and are being WELD
ed by him evidently with a view to
secure his reelection.
This, it will be remembered, is said
by an aged and venerable statesman,
himself no partisan, and is given as
representing the opinions of thousands
of the best and ablest men of the Re-
publican party. And it is said of the
man who claimed as a reforming Pres
ident; of the men who will be urged
for reelection upon the especial ground
that he has introduced honesty and
economy into the revenue, and bro't
the civil service into a condition of
integrity and wholesomness
The claim of General Grant as q
Reformer certainly merit concidera-
ton. If he cannot go before the peo-
pIa D O these In 1872, it is difficult to
saw what he will have to go upon
The debt to him as n soldier, vas paid
in 1868. As Il statesman he is con.
fessedIy not brilliant. As an annexa,
ticnist his career has not been point
edly successful. In bu combe, he can
not hold a candle to Butler. In ku-
Kluxury, though daily improving, he
il still Governor Mortcn's inferior,
and will remain so. In platitnde he
ranks lower than Conkling; in riety is
excelIed by Howard and Harlan /; and
in speech making is not only brief, but
| poor and thin. without being plain or
neat. Hence, unless he proposes to
challenge suffrage IS the champion
present-taher of his land and day and
generation, the President must base
his claims to popular support upon
his achievements as a reformer in the
finances and in the civil service OF the
United States.--PRriot. .
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FRANCE
EXECUTION OF THE COMMUNISTS.

tAECO1lON Or IhE
New YoRK, Nov. pa special
dispatch from Paris says of the late
execution of the Communists: eros
sci was attended by clergymen of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and
Bourgess by a Roman Catholic clergy
man. Rossel jumped from the o
vict carriage Immediately after it halt
ed, looking pale. He walked with
difficulty towards the spot assigned
him, although he was supported by
clergymen. Ferre was lifted from the
wagon and placed on the ground i'm
mediately after Rossel. He appeared
to regain his strength Immediately,
and walked with a firm step. Bour-
CESS was then led out. The sentence
of the court martial was then read
AT the conclusion CT the ceremony,
-Rossel handed his handkerchief to The
attending clergyman in a cool manner,
and had his eyes blindfolded. There
were three thousand soldiers present.
The different bands struck up music
of a brilliant march almost immediate
-ly. This was played until the troops
were far from the scene of execution.
The tragedy has produced considerable
excitement in camp at Sartora, III
Paris and Versailles"
The Germans have commenced to
build Notifications in the passes of the
Vorges.
Il Paris special states: "The Gov
ernment of France is very Uneasy,
and exercises the utmost vigilance ;
there is a great display of troops in
Paris and all points are guarded by
patrols every night, while police are
stationed in every street. The public
mind is very unsettled, and, the gerer-
al impression is that the present status
of affairs cannot last any length of
time. The last word of Rossel to
his Republican friends were: eff you
have not before long crushed the army
it will crush you /; it always has been
partisan and always formed a distinct
party, whereas it should be national.
The danger is pressing. Republicans
have abandoned the instruction. You
did not like the men of the 18th of
March 1 did not like them; but it
was necessary to join in order to re-
strain them"
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longer be offended with that ''stencb,
now that George hes left the party.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Let the Gods be praisedl George
has goneI He was once a resident OF
Ashland county. We knew him we'll.
He was a very clever fellow, in his
way. He could do the largest bust
ness on the smallest capital of any
person we ever knew. He regarded
your tobacco, stationery, ct c~etera, as
common property, and always helped
himself freely. We are pleased 10
hear that George is wide awake for
the main chance. Estimating him ac-
cording to his own conceits, he is the
largest man in the country. II Lis
system of matchmaking under the
Lincoln johnson administrations was
opened up we have no doubt a stencil
would "taint the public nostril." We
are sorry that George unhappy. He
is hungry and wants his supper! We
caution Grant not to bid too high, for
George will snap him up quicker than
a hungry prairie wolf would a rabbit.
If he has really gone to the Republi-
cans, we urge them by all means, to
secure him well, or he will jilt them
the first time he can make a neat job
by selling ont.
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NY

BERLIN, Dec. LIN the lowef
house of the Diet yesterday the
triennal army budget passed the
second reading by a small MAORI -
Items of expenditure Were sharply
criticised and by many pronounced ex-
travagant, and it looked. at the time
as if the budget would be rejected,
the opposition is so strcng and deter,
mined, but the ministers admopished
the house in the most significant man
ner that it should prepare for the fu-
ture; that France contemplated re =
venge for her defeat, and would seek
it as soon as the indemnity was paid.
The only safety for Germany was in
her army, and that should neither be
weakened nor be neglected 1t was
only through these representations that
the government succeeded in carrying
the bill.
The Americans observed thanksgiv-
ing yesterday in an appropriate man
ner. Special divine service in the
morning was well attended, and in the
evening a dinner was given at the Ho-
tel de Rome.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.-The German Par
Lament closed sessions to-day. The
German military authorities at Eper=
nay have executed two Frenchmen
who. killed a German student.
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departure of the mail steamer, which
was to have sailed to-day from Cadiz
for Cuba, was postponed twenty-four
hours.
LONDON December 1.-The Earl of
Chesterfield died today of typhus fe-
ver. He contracted the disease about
the same time and in the same locali-
ty as the Prince.
The death of the Earl of Chester
field intensifies the anxiety for the
Prince of Wales. Public u~neasiness
is so great as to have a %perceptible eff
feet on the markets, which were gen.
orally dull and flat. The Queen has
returned the Windsor from Sandring-
ham, where she has been Watching by
the bedside of the Prince. The fes-
t~ivities usually given by the Court on
the first day of December, the birth
day of the Princess of Wales, were
abandoned.
Smallpox, in a virulen: form, is
spreading in Plymouth and vicinity.
The authorities are building special
hospitals for those stricken with the.
disease, and have adopted stringent
sanitary precautions.
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And while he ansled he conyersed.

And while he angled he conversed:
Said he
"You have caught a terrible hard
cold"
RI have"
"It seems the trouble is with one of
the b~fcuspids."
Ofcourse 1 didn't know what a BIZ
cuspid was, but I thought it wouldn't
look we'll in the head of the family be-
ing stuck with so short a word as that;
so 1 asked with some vigor:
(Which one"
"lhe humorous one." said he.
81 am glad it amt any worse" I
replied, with a sigh of relief.
"The frontal bone is not seriously
affected the submaxilary gland is
somewhat enlarged, but it does not
necessarily follow that parotitus will
ensue."
"I am proud 10 hear that" said I
which I certainly was, although if the
parotitus had ensued, it is not at
all likely that l should have minded it
much unless it was something that
would spoil, as 1 was dressed up in
my best.
He kept on talking and angling.
"The esophagus amt loose" he re-
marked.
"AhI" said I, winking at him.
ooh, no, the ligaments are quite
firm. I might say
"Did It hurt your he asked as
cool and calm as the lid of an ice
cream freezer.
"Hurt mel Great Heavens! Did
you expect to split me open with a
watch spring and not hurt me? What
was the matter-did you slip?
Certainly not" be said; ri was
just getting hold of the tooth. Just
hold your head back an instant, and
[ will have it out at once"
II guess I won't try it again." said
I with a SILVER. "The toothache is
bad enough, but it is heaven alongside
of that watch spring. You may come
up some time, and pull it out when 1
at home. I think I could endure
the operation if I was off about eight
blocks. Come up when you can"
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The New York Evening Post-edited
by William Cullen Bryant--puts EN-
bassador Schenck's stock jobbing op
Grafton in this way:
General Schenck is publicly try
ing, on the credit of his official posi-
ton to sell, at the price of ten millions
of dollars, a piece of land which, a
few months ago, had no exchangeable
value whatever. In the meantime,
there has been no large investment of
labor in it; there has been no addition
to the worlds wealth. There has been
simply a geological examination by a
professor whose name has been at
tached to numbers of worthless stocks
in Wall street, until the American
market are sick of it, and a promise of
eighteen per cent. dividends signed by
the Minister of the United States"
mo one who knows anything of
mining believes that the property thus
offered is worth any such sum. = x
Words are wasted in trying to impress
the outrageous wrong of such conduct
upon minds which have no sense of
national honor and dignity; but all
others see and feel it at once"
General Grant can't see anything
wrong about It. 1t is of a piece with
his Seneca Stone speculation. Bad
examples at the White House demon
alize the public service.
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I'm

LONDON, Nov. 29.-The latest bull.
letin from his physician reports that
there has been no change in the con-
dition of the Prince Of Wales since
yesterday. The favor is not so great,
the patient is easier, obtains some
sleep, by which he is greatly strength
encd. Notwithstanding the favorable
aspect of the case, anxiety with re-
gard to the result is not removed.
The physicians bulletin, dated at
six o'clock p. NJ, says the Prince of
Wales passed at quiet day. As an
indication that the condition of his
Royal Highness is not considered dan
gerous, it may be stated that his
physicians consider it necessary to is
sue only two bulletins each day.
Should the case become critical, bulle-
tins will be published every hour.
LONDON, Nov. 29.-Midnight-At
a late hour to night there was no
change in the condition of the Prince
of Wales.
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TWENTY-ONE MILLIONS IN GOLD.

HIh. GDIIOh.-
When we changed our business some
two years ago, from Furniture to Gen.
eraI Insurance agency, we fully deter
mined at all times to be able to sell
the people in the various departments
of Insurance only first class Policies /;
yet, in our Fire Department the late
great fires at Chicago and Minestee,
demonstrated the fact that many of
the Companies with a light capital
were bankrupted, and those WHO held
policies in them were the losers
Therefore, we have now perfected ar
engagements with the London, Liver
pool and Globe Insurance Company,
with a Capital of $21, OOO, 900, for the
district over which we work for the
old st. Louis Mutual Life Insurance
Company with headquarters at Ash
land Ohio, aud solicit of all who want
an insurance policy that the burning
of one city cannot destroy its worth or
indemnity to them in the event of fire.
Her rates are regular and as equitable
as is safe for the risks taken. To all
those preferring Home Institutions,
however, We say We represent the
Home of Columbus, with a capital of
$500, 900. The Amazon of Cincinna-
ii, with a capital $500, 900: The Sun
of Cleveland, with a capital of $780,
600, and the Commerce of Albany,
with a capital of $500, 600. In u
Life department, W. represent the st.
Louis Mutual Life Insurance Compa-
ny with a capital of$6; 100000 in assets
and in which We have over four hun
dred members in our district. This
company has all the advantages Of
insurance. Its managers are men of
known character ind integrity its risks
are well scrutinized by experienced
Medical examiners-its investments
are Of undoubted security, and in 1870
realized the highest rate of interest EVER
obtained by any Life Insurance. Its
policies are all non-forfeiting under
the Massachusetts law. In our Health
department we representthe Cincinnati
Mutual Health and Accident Insurance |
Company with a capital of $500, 900.
This company has distributed in this
community claims to the amount Of
hundreds of dollars. In our accident
deparetmnt we represent the Hartford
Accident Insurance Company with. a
capital of 81, 800 900. all of which are
first class companies with all the adj
vantages there are in insurance III their
respective departments, and a our
work calls us from our Office most of
the time, we have arranged with DIR.
j. B. F. Sampsel to look after our
interest when absent
II NJ. HICKoK.
Ashland, O., Nov. %, II.
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A Talking Machine.

The funny Editor of the Columbus
Sunday Morning News gets off the
following:
A Talking-macbine" has been in
vented by a man in Philadelphia
The genius has e~ndeavored to initiate
IA human being in form and feature.
This inven ion is fashioned alter the
latest style having a mouth, which
opens, and a tongue that ways. All
the letters Of the alphabet are pro-
nounced, and sentences, even, of eight
or ten words are spoken in English,
French and German. The creator of
this wonder in mechanics expects to so
perfect his invention that it may con-
verse fuently on all subjects, especial
ly political economy and metaphysics
The public will no doubt inquire, of
what earthly use is such a contrivance ?
Women, generally, and politicians
would scorn assistance from any quar-
ter. We a conceive that it might
be of occasional advantage to a mod
est maiden of thirty. or, perhaps, to a
reticent "bach," on the hither side Of
forty, and in an emergency It might
render valuable service to an sinter-
viewer" in sounding a "mum" Coun-
Gilman or County official. 1t seems
however to be better adapted as a
"Grant' to the White House, as the
country has become accustomed to a
wooden head in that situation.
Send the machine on to Washing
ton by all means. 1t will be so con-
Yenient.
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A Great Calamity.

The telegraph informs us that Hon.
Geo. H. Parker, a leading Democrat
of Davenport, Iowa, has written a
letter TO the Chicago Times proclaim
ing the death of the Democratic party
~ and saying thet its body must be bur
led and the stencil of its putrid remains
removed from the public nostriis.-
The Cincinnati Enquirer wants to know
lild who in Satan's name Is Geo. II.
ParkerY" We can tell it. He was
n OF Andy Johnson's Treasury
agenta,lwho perambulatedthe country
in 1866, or thereabouts, proclaiming
the death. of the Democratic party,
and advocating the formation Of a new
party with Andy at its head. Re
eeising high pay and little success in
that undertaking, he is disposed TO
reach opt for an other chance. We
have no donbt but the n%ostrils of that
portion of the Democratic party resid-
ing in and around Davenport will no
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SPAIN

LONDON, Nov. pa Madrid dis
patch gives an account of the mar.
rage of General Sickles, Minister of
the United States. The ceremony was
attended by brilliant and distinguished
company. Among those who honor
ell it with their presence was Marshal
Serrano, late Regent of Spain. The
dispatch gives the name of the bride
as Miss Creigh. General Sickles and
wife left Madrid the day of his mar
rage for Liverpool, where they were
to take a steamer for New York
Some of his friends say he will not
return.
MADRID, Nov. 29.-The Govern
ment to-day received 4 dispatch from
Havana, announcing the execution of
the medical students for p%rofaning
the cemetry where the remains of
Castanon were inferred. The news
created a profound sensation, and the
ministry was convened to- consider
what action should be taken. The
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Perkins has the Toothaehe.

When I went to bed last night I
apprchended trouble. Along one
Jaw, the left one occasionally capered
a grumbling sensation. 1t kept me
awake an hour or SO trying to deter
mine whether that was all there was Of
it, or whether there was something to
come after that which would need
my wakeful presence to contend
against. Thus bordering, 1 fell
asleep, and forgot all about the
trouble. 1 don't know how long 1
slept, but I fell to dreaming 1 had
made a match for S5S a side to fight a
cross cut saw In a steam mill, and
was we'll to work ON the job when the
saw got my head between its teeth. 1
thought this was a favorable time to
wake ups and did so. 1t Immediately
TRANSFERRED that I might better have
stayed where L was, and take the
chances with the saw.
I found myseIf sitting straight up
in bed, with one hand systematically
grasping my jaw, and the other sway
ing to and fro without any apparent
cause.
1t was an awful pain. 1t bored like
lightning through the basement of my
Jaw, darted across the roof of my
mouth and then ran lengthwise of my
teeth. If every pang had been a
drunken pillow, chased by a demon
across a stump lot, I think the OBJ
server would understand my condition..
I could no more get hold Of the fear
full agony that was %cavorting around
in me than l could pick UP a piece of
wet soap when in a great hurry.
Suddenly it stopped. 1t went, Civ
ing me a parting kick that fairly made
me howl.
1 thought I was rid of the tooth
ache, but a grumbling set in next
morning, 1t was just like the feeling
of the night before /; and a still voice
said to me, "Look out, Perkins"
1 did. I went right away to the
dentist who. has pulled the teeth of
our family and knew our peculiarities.
There was an uneasy smell about his
office !; it was very suggestive of
trouble, and rs I snuffed it in [ expert
enced a sinking feeling in the pit of
my stomach. l looked at him and
sickly smiled. He was never, I'VE on a
holiday, the handsomest of men but
now his appearance was very, very
depressing. lie looked like a corpse
with a lighted candle inside o: it.
I told him what the matter was with
me; how that I had been up all night
with a four story pain; how my wife
had been thrown out of bed by the
violence of my suffering how
He asked me if | wouldn't sit down.
I sat down on what was once a hogs
head but now cut down and newly
carpeted. He held back my head,
opened my mouth. and went to fish
ing around inside with a piece OF watch
spring. o.
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Spain.

For a long series ofyears Spain has
ruled Cuba only as the naughty and
perfdious descendent of the Car
thagenian is capable. The Spanish,
as a people, have always been charac-
terized by treachery and cruelty when
in power, and by cowardice and debas-
ing subservieney when under the yoke
of an other. The Cuban possessions
of Spain have been governed by along
roll of petty tyrants who dealt with
the people as if they were cattle to be
sold in the market. The unpreciden-
ted cruelties which have been inflicted
upon the revolutionists engaged in the
late attempt to rescue that beautiful
Island from the yoke of the Spaniard
shocked the civilization of the age
Yet, the sleepy occupant of the White
House at Washington, refused to take
any notice of the matter, although
often appealed to by the sinking pa
triots of Cubal For a period of six
years the patriots have suffered almost
every privation and cruelty in the cat
alogue of human woes to release their
country from the grasp of the inhu-
man Spariard, but their efforts were
in vain, because proud, free America
refused either sympathy or aid! The
Autocrat at Washington had no bow
els of sympathy, though thousands
were shot like dogs, il violation of civ
iiized warfare, and of humanity The
r President refused to protest against
these enormities, pretending that to do
SO would be a breach of neutrality.
He was too busy Iaking in his bonds
and gifts to hear the cry of Cuban
distress! He was intent on spurning
and obliterating the liberties of the
States, and consolidating a great Cen
trail despotism to be ruled over after
the manner of the spaniard by deputy
Satraps and military Despots! The
S~paniard, seeing this, has become en-
boldened, and now opens the slaugh-
ter-pens for the reception of American
c~ftizensI Will the stolid horsejockey
of the White House, now see that the
! shocking scenes and tragedies being
enacted in Cuba against civilization
nre brought to y summary close? Ii
SO, our mercinary President may yet
redeem = portion of his lost reputation